Hierarchal power and data distribution system for an exterior display system

ABSTRACT

An exterior display system can be configured and arranged around a structure. The exterior display system includes a mechanical supporting structure configured and arranged about the exterior surface of the structure. This mechanical supporting structure can include various supporting structures and/or mounting structures which are configured and arranged to form a mechanical lattice framework. An electronic visual display device can be connected to the mechanical lattice framework to form the exterior display system. The electronic visual display device can include multiple electronic visual display panels which are connected to the mechanical lattice framework. Each of these multiple electronic visual display panels can include multiple groups of multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referred to electronic LED disc assemblies, that are configured and arranged in a series of one or more rows and/or a series of one or more columns.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 63/117,829, filed Nov. 24, 2020, and U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No. 63/162,318, filed Mar. 17, 2021, each of which isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

Large steel-framed signs, also referred to as billboards or billingboards, represent large outdoor advertising structures, that aretypically found in high traffic areas, such as along various roadwaysand in many urban areas. Billboards can be effective for building brandawareness and broadcasting business, product, or campaign information toas many people as possible. The most common billboards can includebulletins and poster panels. Bulletins, which are the largest of thesesteel-framed signs, can be 20 feet high by 60 feet wide while posterpanels are typically smaller. Other types of billboards, such as paintedbillboards, digital billboards, and even mobile billboards to provideexamples, are available. These billboards are mounted on poles between20 feet and 100 feet in height with these poles being placed alongsidevarious roadways. Many urban areas have high densities of billboards,especially in the areas of high pedestrian traffic. Because space isoften a premium in these urban areas, these billboards are typicallyplaced on the sides of buildings and can sometimes be suspended abovebuildings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS/FIGURES

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a partof the specification, illustrate the present disclosure and, togetherwith the description, further serve to explain the principles thereofand to enable a person skilled in the pertinent art to make and use thesame.

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary exterior displaysystem for displaying visual media according to some embodiments of thedisclosure;

FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D graphically illustrate a simplified exemplarysupporting structure that can implemented within the exemplary exteriordisplay system according to some embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C graphically illustrate a simplified exemplaryelectronic visual display device that can implemented within theexemplary exterior display system according to some embodiments of thedisclosure;

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B graphically illustrate an adjustable mechanicalmounting assembly that can be utilized to connect electronic visualdisplay panels to the exemplary supporting structure according to someembodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 5A through FIG. 5C graphically illustrate various exemplaryelectronic visual display panels that can be implemented within theexemplary electronic visual display device according to some embodimentsof the disclosure;

FIG. 6 graphically illustrates an exemplary row of electronic LED discassemblies that can implemented within the electronic visual displaypanels according to some embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 7 graphically illustrates an exemplary electronic LED disc modulethat can be included within the exemplary row of electronic LED discassemblies according to some embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 8 illustrates a flowchart of an exemplary operation forconstructing the exemplary exterior display system according to someembodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 9 graphically illustrates a perspective view of an exemplaryembodiment of the exemplary exterior display system according to someembodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of a hierarchal power distributionsystem that can be implemented within the exemplary exterior displaysystem according to some embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 11 illustrates a block diagram of a hierarchal data distributionsystem that can be implemented within the exemplary exterior displaysystem according to some embodiments of the disclosure;

FIG. 12 illustrates a block diagram of a hierarchal power and datadistribution system that can be implemented within the exemplaryexterior display system according to some embodiments of the disclosure;and

FIG. 13 graphically illustrates a simplified block diagram of a computersystem suitable for use with embodiments described herein according tosome exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments, orexamples, for implementing different features of the provided subjectmatter. Specific examples of components and arrangements are describedbelow to simplify the present disclosure. These are, of course, merelyexamples and are not intended to be limiting. For example, the formationof a first feature over a second feature in the description that followsmay include embodiments in which the first and second features areformed in direct contact, and may also include embodiments in whichadditional features may be formed between the first and second features,such that the first and second features may not be in direct contact. Inaddition, the present disclosure may repeat reference numerals and/orletters in the examples. This repetition does not in itself dictate arelationship between the embodiments and/or configurations discussed.

Overview

The detailed description to follow is to describe an exterior displaysystem that is configured and arranged around a structure. As to bedescribed in further detail below, the exterior display system includesa mechanical supporting structure configured and arranged about theexterior surface of the structure. This mechanical supporting structurecan include various supporting structures and/or mounting structureswhich are configured and arranged to form a mechanical latticeframework. As to be described in further detail below, an electronicvisual display device can be connected to the mechanical latticeframework to form the exterior display system. The electronic visualdisplay device can include multiple electronic visual display panelswhich are connected to the mechanical lattice framework. Each of thesemultiple electronic visual display panels can include multiple groups ofmultiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referred to electronic LEDdisc assemblies, that are configured and arranged in a series of one ormore rows and/or a series of one or more columns.

The detailed description to follow is to describe various exemplaryembodiments of the exterior display system having various supportingstructures, various mounting structures, various assemblies, and thelike. In some embodiments, the various mounting structures, the variousassemblies, and the like can be implemented using one or more metallicelements, for example, copper, aluminum, one or more metallic compounds,and/or one or more metallic mixtures, or alloys, such as steel toprovide an example. In some embodiments, the various mountingstructures, the various assemblies, and the like can be implementedusing one or more synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds ormaterials, also referred to as plastic, one or more organic materials,such as wood to provide an example, and/or any other suitablenon-metallic material that will be apparent to those skilled in therelevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure. In some embodiments, the various mountingstructures, the various assemblies, and the like can havecross-sectional areas which can be round, circular, rectangular, square,and/or hexagonal, and/or any other suitable shape that will be apparentto those skilled in the relevant art(s) without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. Generally, this othersuitable shape can represent any suitable regular geometric shape and/orirregular geometric shape that will be apparent to those skilled in therelevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure. In some embodiments, the various mountingstructures, the various assemblies, and the like can be solid and/orhollow.

In some embodiments, the various supporting structures, the variousmounting structures, the various assemblies, and the like can bedescribed as being connected to one another. In some embodiments, thevarious supporting structures, the various mounting structures, thevarious assemblies, and the like can be connected to one another usingvarious fasteners, such as nuts, screws, bolts, rivets, pins, and/orlags to provide some examples. In some embodiments, the varioussupporting structures, the various mounting structures, the variousassemblies, and the like can be connected to one another using afabrication process, such as welding to provide an example, whichconnects the various supporting structures, the various mountingstructures, the various assemblies, and the like. In some embodiments,the various supporting structures, the various mounting structures, thevarious assemblies, and the like can be configured and arranged to formvarious interlocking connectors, such as annular snap-togetherconnectors, cantilever snap-together connectors, torsional snap-togetherconnectors, and the like to provide some examples, which are connectedto one another by pushing the various mounting structures, the variousassemblies, and the like into one another.

Exemplary Exterior Display System

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of an exemplary exterior displaysystem for displaying visual media according to some embodiments of thedisclosure. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, anexterior display system 100 can be configured and arranged to presentvisual media 102, such as images, pictures, graphics, informationalcontent, live images, moving images, videos, animations, advertisements,promotional content, movies, scenery, light displays and effects, amongothers. In some embodiments, the exterior display system 100 can includean electronic visual display device 104 that is configured and arrangedaround a building structure and/or a nonbuilding structure, or a portionof the exterior surface of the building structure and/or the nonbuildingstructure. For example, the electronic visual display device 104 can beconfigured and arranged around an exterior surface of a buildingstructure and/or a nonbuilding structure, or a portion of the exteriorsurface of the building structure and/or the nonbuilding structure. Forconvenience, the building structure and/or the nonbuilding structure isnot illustrated in FIG. 1.

Generally, the building structure refers to any suitable structure, orstructures, that are designed for human occupancy and can include one ormore residential, industrial, and/or commercial building structures. Theresidential building structure can include a single-family detachedhome, a single-family connected home, and/or a large multi-family home.The commercial building structure can include an office buildingstructure, a non-freestanding retail building structure, also referredto as a shopping mall, a freestanding retail building structure, a hotelbuilding structure, and/or a special purpose commercial buildingstructure such as a self-storage building structure, a theme or anamusement building structure, and/or a theater building structure. Theindustrial building structure can include a manufacturing buildingstructure, a warehouse/distribution building structure, and/or a flexspace building structure, such as an office building, a laboratory, adata center, a call center and/or a showroom. The residential,industrial, and/or commercial building structures can further includespecialty building structures, such as educational building structures,such as elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, oruniversities; civic building structures, such as arenas, libraries,museums, or community halls; religious building structures, such aschurches, mosques, shrines, temples, or synagogues; government buildingstructures, such as city halls, courthouses, fire stations, policestations, or post offices; military building structures; and/ortransport building structures, such as airport terminals, bus stations,or subway stations. Generally, the nonbuilding structure refers to anysuitable structure, or structures, that are not designed for humanoccupancy and can include one or more residential, industrial, and/orcommercial non-building structures. The one or more residential,industrial, and/or commercial nonbuilding structures can includeaqueducts, bridges and bridge-like structures, canals, communicationstowers, dams, monuments, roads, signage, and/or tunnels to provide someexamples.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, the buildingstructure and/or the nonbuilding structure can include, be connected to,and/or be surrounded by a mechanical supporting structure configured andarranged about its exterior surface or a portion of its exteriorsurface. The mechanical supporting structure can be characterized asproviding a mechanical lattice framework for forming the electronicvisual display device 104. As to be described in further detail below,the electronic visual display device 104 can be implemented usingmultiple electronic visual display panels. Each of these multipleelectronic visual display panels can include one or more interconnectedmodular electronic visual display panels having multiple groups ofmultiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referred to electronic LEDdisc assemblies, that are configured and arranged in a series of one ormore rows and/or a series of one or more columns. In some embodiments,each electronic LED disc assembly can be characterized as forming apixel of the electronic visual display device 104. In some embodiments,the electronic visual display device 104. In some embodiments, theelectronic visual display device 104 can include 200,000 to 2,000,000electronic LED disc assemblies, 500,000 to 1,500,000 electronic LED discassemblies, or 750,000 to 1,250,000 electronic LED disc assemblies whichequates to 200,000 to 2,000,000 pixels, 500,000 to 1,500,000 pixels, or750,000 to 1,250,000 pixels. In some embodiments, a maximum brightnessof the electronic visual display device 104 can be in a range of 4,000nits/ft² to 6,000 ft², 4,500 nits/ft² to 5,500 nits/ft², or 4,800nits/ft² to 5,200 nits/ft² to ensure that the electronic visual displaydevice 104 is visible during periods of bright sunlight.

As to be described in further detail below, the multiple electronicvisual display panels can be connected to the mechanical supportingstructure to form the electronic visual display device 104. In someembodiments, the mechanical supporting structure can be configured andarranged to effectively shape the electronic visual display device 104to be spherical, or spherical-like, in shape as illustrated in FIG. 1.However, those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize that themechanical supporting structure can be configured and arrangeddifferently to cause the electronic visual display device 104 to be anysuitable three-dimensional shape, or shape, without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. This suitablethree-dimensional shape, or shape, can include a cube, a rectangularprism, a cone, a cylinder, and/or any combination thereof to providesome examples. In some embodiments, the electronic visual display device104 can have a substantially similar shape as the building structureand/or the nonbuilding structure. For example, the mechanical supportingstructure can be connected to a building structure and/or nonbuildingstructure having a spherical, or spherical-like, shape. In this example,the mechanical supporting structure can be configured and arranged toeffectively shape the electronic visual display device 104 to besimilarly spherical, or spherical-like, in shape as the buildingstructure and/or the nonbuilding structure. In some embodiments, theelectronic visual display device 104 can have a different shape than thebuilding structure and/or the nonbuilding structure. For example, themechanical supporting structure can surround a building structure and/ornonbuilding structure having a rectangular prism, or rectangularprism-like, shape. In this example, the mechanical supporting structurecan be configured and arranged to effectively shape the electronicvisual display device 104 to be spherical, or spherical-like, in shapewhich is different from the shape of the building structure and/or thenonbuilding structure.

Exemplary Mechanical Supporting Structure of the Exterior Display System

FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D graphically illustrate a simplified exemplarysupporting structure that can implemented within the exemplary exteriordisplay system according to some embodiments of the disclosure. Asdescribed above, the exterior display system 100 can include amechanical supporting structure, such as a mechanical supportingstructure 200 as illustrated in FIG. 2A, that is configured and arrangedaround a building structure and/or a nonbuilding structure. AlthoughFIG. 2A through FIG. 2D illustrate the mechanical supporting structure200 as having a spherical, or spherical-like, shape, this is forillustrative purposes only. Those skilled in the relevant art(s) willrecognize that the mechanical supporting structure 200 can have anothershape, such as a cube, a rectangular prism, a cone, a cylinder, and/orany combination thereof to provide some examples, without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the present disclosure. As to be described infurther detail below, the electronic visual display device 104 caninclude multiple electronic visual display panels which can be connectedto the mechanical supporting structure 200 to form the exterior displaysystem 100. As illustrated in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, the mechanicalsupporting structure 200 can include vertical supporting structures202.1 through 202.a, horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through204.b, vertical mounting structures 206.1 through 206.c, and/or anycombination thereof.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, themechanical supporting structure 200 can be characterized as providing amechanical lattice framework to connect the multiple electronic visualdisplay panels to the mechanical supporting structure 200. Thismechanical lattice can be characterized as providing a strong and stableframework for the electronic visual display device 104 to dissipateforces exerted on the electronic visual display device 104 by wind,precipitation, and other environmental effects to provide some examples.As illustrated in FIG. 2A, the vertical supporting structures 202.1through 202.a are connected to the horizontal supporting structures204.1 through 204.b to form a mechanical skeleton framework with thevertical mounting structures 206.1 through 206.c being connected to thismechanical skeleton framework to form the mechanical supportingstructure 200. Exemplary embodiments of the vertical supportingstructures 202.1 through 202.a, the horizontal supporting structures204.1 through 204.b, and the vertical mounting structures 206.1 through206. are to be described in further detail below in FIG. 2B through FIG.2D.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2B, the horizontalsupporting structures 204.1 through 204.b can be characterized as beinghorizontal, or longitudinal, supporting structures. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 2B, the configuration and arrangement ofthe horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b can becharacterized as determining the shape of the mechanical supportingstructure 200, such as, approximating a portion of a sphere, forexample, a hemisphere, also referred to as a dome, as illustrated inFIG. 2A. As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the horizontal supporting structures204.1 through 204.b traverse in horizontal directions for example,parallel to different x-y planes of a Cartesian coordinate system. Thehorizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b can becharacterized as being concentric two-dimensional geometric shapes, forexample, circles as illustrated in FIG. 2B, which are situated on thedifferent parallel x-y planes of the Cartesian coordinate system. Thedifferent parallel x-y planes of the Cartesian coordinate system cantraverse from a base 208, or bottom, of the mechanical supportingstructure 200 to an apex 210, or top, of the mechanical supportingstructure 200. Those horizontal supporting structures from among thehorizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b which are closer indistance toward the base 208 of the mechanical supporting structure 200can be characterized as having a greater radius, diameter, and/orcircumference than those horizontal supporting structures from among thehorizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b which are furtherin distance from the base 208 to form the portion of the sphere, forexample, the dome as illustrated in FIG. 2A.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2C, the verticalsupporting structures 202.1 through 202.a can be characterized as beingvertical, or latitudinal, supporting structures. For convenience, thevertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.a are indexedcounterclockwise from 1 to a in FIG. 2C. The vertical supportingstructures 202.1 through 202.a as illustrated in FIG. 2C can beconnected to the horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b asillustrated in FIG. 2B above to form the mechanical skeleton frameworkas described above. As illustrated in FIG. 2C, the vertical supportingstructures 202.1 through 202.a traverse along a vertical direction, forexample, along a z-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system, from thebase 208 of the mechanical supporting structure 200 to the apex 210 ofthe mechanical supporting structure 200. In the exemplary embodimentillustrated in FIG. 2C, the vertical supporting structures 202.1 through202.a can be characterized as rotating clockwise, for example, from leftto right, from the base 208 to the apex 210 to form a clockwise helicalor swirl pattern. However, those skilled in the relevant art(s) willrecognize that the vertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.acan also be characterized as rotating counterclockwise, for example,from right to left, from the base 208 to the apex 210 to form acounterclockwise helical or swirl pattern without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, thevertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.a represent loadbearing structures which support most of the weight of the mechanicalsupporting structure 200.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2D, the verticalmounting structures 206.1 through 206.c can be characterized as beingvertical, or latitudinal, supporting structures. For convenience, thevertical mounting structures 206.1 through 206.c are indexedcounterclockwise from 1 to c in FIG. 2C. The vertical mountingstructures 206.1 through 206.c as illustrated in FIG. 2D can beconnected to the vertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.aand/or the horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b asillustrated in FIG. 2A above to form the mechanical supporting structure200. As illustrated in FIG. 2D, the vertical mounting structures 206.1through 206.c traverse along the vertical direction, for example, alongthe z-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system, from the base 208 of themechanical supporting structure 200 to the apex 210 of the mechanicalsupporting structure 200. In some embodiments, the vertical mountingstructures 206.1 through 206.c can be characterized as rotatingcounterclockwise, for example, from right to left, from the base 208 tothe apex 210 to form a counterclockwise helical or swirl pattern.However, those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize that thevertical mounting structures 206.1 through 206.c can also becharacterized as rotating clockwise, for example, from left to right,from the base 208 to the apex 210 to form a clockwise helical or swirlpattern without departing from the spirit and scope of the presentdisclosure.

In the exemplary embodiments illustrated in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, thevertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.a and the horizontalsupporting structures 204.1 through 204.b can be characterized as beingload bearing structures which support most of the weight of themechanical supporting structure 200. In these embodiments, the verticalmounting structures 206.1 through 206.c can be characterized as beingnon-load bearing structures which support almost none of the weight ofthe mechanical supporting structure 200. Rather, in these embodiments,the vertical mounting structures 206.1 through 206.c provide themechanical lattice framework to connect the multiple electronic visualdisplay panels of the electronic visual display device 104 to themechanical supporting structure 200 as to be described in further detailbelow. In some embodiments, the vertical supporting structures 202.1through 202.a and the horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through204.b can be characterized being capable of undergoing more loading,such as, transverse loading, axial loading, and/or torsional loading toprovide some examples, before failure when compared to the verticalmounting structures 206.1 through 206.c.

Exemplary Electronic Visual Display Device of the Exterior DisplaySystem

FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C graphically illustrate a simplified exemplaryelectronic visual display device that can implemented within theexemplary exterior display system according to some embodiments of thedisclosure. As described above, the electronic visual display device 104can be implemented using multiple electronic visual display panels. Asto be described in further detail below, these multiple electronicvisual display panels can be connected to a mechanical supportingstructure, such as the mechanical supporting structure 200 as describedabove in FIG. 2, to form an electronic visual display device 300.Although FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C illustrate the electronic visualdisplay device 300 as having a spherical, or spherical-like, shape, thisis for illustrative purposes only. Those skilled in the relevant art(s)will recognize that the electronic visual display device 300 can haveanother shape, such as a cube, a rectangular prism, a cone, a cylinder,and/or any combination thereof to provide some examples, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 3A, the electronic visual display device 300 caninclude electronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n that arecircumferentially, or azimuthally, configured and arranged around themechanical supporting structure 200. The electronic visual displaydevice 300 can represent an exemplary embodiment of the electronicvisual display device 104 as described above in FIG. 1.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3A, the electronicvisual display panels 302.1 through 302.n are circumferentially, orazimuthally, configured and arranged around the mechanical supportingstructure to form a convex polyhedron, such as a geodesic polyhedron ora spherical polyhedron to provide some examples, or a portion thereof.In some embodiments, each electronic visual display panel from among theelectronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n can present acorresponding portion of the visual media 102 as to be described infurther detail below. In these embodiments, the electronic visualdisplay panels 302.1 through 302.n can include between approximately4,500 and approximately 5,500 electronic visual display panels topresent the visual media 102 in its entirety. As illustrated in FIG. 3A,the electronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n is configuredand arranged to be geometric shapes, such as quadrilaterals asillustrated in FIG. 3A, rectangles, squares, and/or polygons, and/or anyother suitable shapes that will be apparent to those skilled in therelevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 3A, the electronic visualdisplay panels 302.1 through 302.n traverse along the verticaldirection, for example, along the z-axis of the Cartesian coordinatesystem, from a base of the electronic visual display device 300 to anapex of the electronic visual display device 300. In some embodiments,the electronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n can becharacterized as rotating counterclockwise, for example, from right toleft, from the base of the electronic visual display device 300 to theapex of the electronic visual display device 300 to form acounterclockwise helical or swirl pattern as illustrated in FIG. 3A.However, those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize that theelectronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n can becharacterized as rotating clockwise, for example, from left to right,from the base of the electronic visual display device 300 to the apex ofthe electronic visual display device 300 without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the electronic visual display panels 302.1through 302.n can be indexed as a series of sphere levels 304.1 through304.d and/or a series of sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e. Forconvenience, the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e are indexedcounterclockwise from 1 to e in FIG. 3B. In the exemplary embodimentillustrated in FIG. 3B, the sphere levels 304.1 through 304.d traversein horizontal directions for example, parallel to different x-y planesof the Cartesian coordinate system. The sphere levels 304.1 through304.d can be characterized as being concentric three-dimensionalgeometric shapes, for example, cylinders, or cylinder-like, asillustrated in FIG. 3B, which are situated on the different parallel x-yplanes of the Cartesian coordinate system. As an example, a sphere level304.f from among the sphere levels 304.1 through 304.d is illustrated inFIG. 3B using a light gray shading. The different parallel x-y planes ofthe Cartesian coordinate system can traverse from the base of theelectronic visual display device 300 to the apex of the electronicvisual display device 300. Those horizontal supporting structures fromamong the horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b which arecloser in distance toward the base 208 of the mechanical supportingstructure 200 can be characterized as having a greater radius, diameter,and/or circumference than those horizontal supporting structures fromamong the horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b which arefurther in distance from the base 208.

Similarly, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, the sphere bays 306.1 through306.e represent different vertical columns of the visual display panels302.1 through 302.n. In some embodiments, the sphere bays 306.1 through306.e represent different vertical configuration and arrangements of theelectronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n along a verticaldirection, for example, along the z-axis of the Cartesian coordinatesystem. In some embodiments, the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e can becharacterized as rotating counterclockwise, for example, from right toleft, from the base of the electronic visual display device 300 to theapex of the electronic visual display device 300 to form acounterclockwise helical or swirl pattern. As an example, a sphere bay306.g from among the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e is illustrated inFIG. 3B using a dark gray shading.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3B, those electronicvisual display panels from the electronic visual display panels 302.1through 302.n within each sphere level from among the sphere levels304.1 through 304.d have substantially similar geometric shapes, forexample, substantially similar quadrilaterals. In some embodiments,these similarities in shapes can ease the manufacturability of theelectronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n. In theseembodiments, a finite number d of different configurations andarrangements electronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n can beused to manufacture the electronic visual display device 300. As anexample, a first configuration and arrangement of the electronic visualdisplay panels 302.1 through 302.n can be manufactured for electronicvisual display panels from among a first sphere level from among thesphere levels 304.1 through 304.d. In this example, a secondconfiguration and arrangement of the electronic visual display panels302.1 through 302.n, different from the first configuration andarrangement, can be manufactured for electronic visual display panelsfrom among a second sphere level from among the sphere levels 304.1through 304.d. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3B, thoseelectronic visual display panels from the electronic visual displaypanels 302.1 through 302.n within each sphere bay from among the spherebays 306.1 through 306.e have substantially different geometric shapes,for example, substantially different quadrilaterals. In someembodiments, those electronic visual display panels from among theelectronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n which are closer indistance toward the base of the electronic visual display device 300 canbe characterized as having a larger surface area than those electronicvisual display panels from among the electronic visual display panels302.1 through 302.n which are further in distance from the base of theelectronic visual display device 300.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3C, those electronicvisual display panels from among the electronic visual display panels302.1 through 302.n which are closer in distance toward the apex of theelectronic visual display device 300 can be characterized as havingminimal surface areas to ease the manufacturability of the electronicvisual display panels 302.1 through 302.n. Generally, those electronicvisual display panels from among the electronic visual display panels302.1 through 302.n which are closer in distance toward the apex of theelectronic visual display device 300 have smaller surface areas thanthose electronic visual display panels from among the electronic visualdisplay panels 302.1 through 302.n which are further in distance fromthe apex of the electronic visual display device 300. However, in theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3C, those electronic visualdisplay panels from among the electronic visual display panels 302.1through 302.n which are near the apex of the electronic visual displaydevice 300, for example, within the sphere level 304.(d-1) and thesphere level 304.d, may have a modified construction relative to thoseelectronic visual display panels from among the electronic visualdisplay panels 302.1 through 302.n which are closer in distance towardthe base of the electronic visual display device 300, for example,within the sphere level 304.1 and the sphere level 304.(d-2).

Exemplary Mechanical Connecting of the Exemplary Electronic VisualDisplay Device to the Exemplary Mechanical Supporting Structure

As described above, the exterior display system 100 can include multipleelectronic visual display panels, such as the electronic visual displaypanels 302.1 through 302.n as described above in FIG. 3A through FIG. 3Cto provide an example, that are connected the mechanical supportingstructure 200 as described above in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, to form theelectronic visual display device 104. In some embodiments, themechanical support 200 structure can further include one or moreadjustable mechanical mounting assemblies to connect the multipleelectronic visual display panels to the mechanical supporting structure200. In these embodiments, the one or more adjustable mechanicalmounting assemblies can be adjusted to rotate an orientation, forexample, a pitch, a roll, and/or a yaw, of the multiple electronicvisual display panels in three-dimensional space.

FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B graphically illustrate an adjustable mechanicalmounting assembly that can be utilized to connect electronic visualdisplay panels to the exemplary supporting structure according to someembodiments of the disclosure. In the exemplary embodiment illustratedin FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, an exterior display system 400 includes amechanical supporting structure 402, for example, a portion of themechanical supporting structure 200 as described above in FIG. 2Athrough FIG. 2D. As illustrated in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, electronicvisual display panels 404.1 through 404.t can be connected to themechanical supporting structure 402 to form an electronic visual displaydevice 406. The electronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t canrepresent an exemplary embodiment one or more of the electronic visualdisplay panels 302.1 through 302.n as described above in FIG. 3A throughFIG. 3C. The electronic visual display device 406 can represent aportion of the electronic visual display device 104 as described abovein FIG. 1.

As illustrated in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the mechanical supportingstructure 402 includes vertical supporting structures 408.1 through408.i, horizontal supporting structures 410.1 through 410 j, andvertical mounting structures 412.1 through 412.k. The number of verticalsupporting structures 408, the number of horizontal supportingstructures 410, and the vertical mounting structures 412 as illustratedin FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are for exemplary purposes only. Those skilled inthe relevant art(s) will recognize that the number of verticalsupporting structures 408, the number of horizontal supportingstructures 410, and the vertical mounting structures 412 can differ thanas illustrated in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B depending upon the shape of theelectronic visual display device 406 without departing from the spiritand scope of the present disclosure. The vertical supporting structures408.1 through 408.i, horizontal supporting structures 410.1 through 410j, and the vertical mounting structures 412.1 through 412.k canrepresent exemplary embodiments of one or more structures from among thevertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.a, the horizontalsupporting structures 204.1 through 204.b, and the vertical mountingstructures 206.1 through 206.c, respectively, as described above in FIG.2A through FIG. 2D.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4A, the exterior displaysystem 400 includes an electronic visual display panel window 414 forconnecting an electronic visual display panel 404.r from among theelectronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t to the mechanicalsupporting structure 402 to form the electronic visual display device406 as illustrated in FIG. 4B. In some embodiments, the electronicvisual display panel window 414 represents a region within theelectronic visual display device 406 without the electronic visualdisplay panels 404.1 through 404.t. In these embodiments, portions ofthe vertical supporting structures 408.1 through 408.i, the horizontalsupporting structures 410.1 through 410 j, and/or the vertical mountingstructures 412.1 through 412.k situated within the electronic visualdisplay panel window 414 can be exposed allowing the electronic visualdisplay panel 404.r to be connected to the mechanical supportingstructure 402 to form the electronic visual display device 406 asillustrated in FIG. 4B. In some embodiments, the electronic visualdisplay panels 404.1 through 404.t can bend or flex to conform to theshape of the mechanical supporting structure 402. In these embodiments,the electronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t can becharacterized as being flexible, or semi-flexible, to allow theelectronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t to conform to theshape of the mechanical supporting structure 402. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 4B, the electronic visual display panel404.r can bend or flex to conform to the shape of the mechanicalsupporting structure 402 when attached to the vertical supportingstructures 408.1 through 408.i, horizontal supporting structures 410.1through 410 j, and/or the vertical mounting structures 412.1 through412.k. In some embodiments, the electronic visual display panel 404.rcan bend or flex to be concave in shape as illustrated in FIG. 4B, whenthe mechanical supporting structure 402 approximates a portion of asphere, for example, a hemisphere, also referred to as a dome.

As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the mechanical supporting structure caninclude one or more adjustable mechanical mounting assemblies 416 toconnect the electronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t to themechanical supporting structure 402. For example, as illustrated in FIG.4A, the one or more adjustable mechanical mounting assemblies 416 canconnect the vertical mounting structure 412.l and the vertical mountingstructure 412.m situated within the electronic visual display panelwindow 414 to electronic visual display device mounting structures 418.1through 418.g within the electronic visual display panel 404.r. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4A, exemplary locations for theone or more adjustable mechanical mounting assemblies 416 areillustrated using solid boxes. However, those skilled in the relevantart(s) will recognize that other mounting locations within themechanical supporting structure 402 are possible without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the present disclosure. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 4A, the one or more adjustable mechanicalmounting assemblies 416 are connected to the mechanical supportingstructure 402, for example, the vertical mounting structure 412.l and412.m. However, those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize thatthe one or more adjustable mechanical mounting assemblies 416 can beconnected to any of the vertical supporting structures 408.1 through408.i, the horizontal supporting structures 410.1 through 410 j, and/orthe vertical mounting structures 412.1 through 412.k that are exposedwithin the electronic visual display panel window 414 without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the one or more adjustable mechanicalmounting assemblies 416 can include a mechanical supporting member 420and an electronic visual display panel supporting member 422. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4A, the mechanical supportingmember 420 can be connected to a vertical mounting structure from amongthe vertical mounting structures 412.1 through 412.k, such as thevertical mounting structure 412.m to provide an example. Similarly, thedisplay panel supporting member 422 can be connected to a visual displaydevice mounting structure from among the electronic visual displaydevice mounting structures 418.1 through 418.g, such as the visualdisplay device mounting structure 418.g to provide an example. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4A, the display panelsupporting member 422 can include one or more mounting clamps 426 toconnect the visual display device mounting structure of the electronicvisual display panels 404.1 through 404.t and the display panelsupporting member 422. In some embodiments, the one or more mountingclamps 426 can include a first portion that can be connected to thedisplay panel supporting member 422. In these embodiments, the one ormore mounting clamps 426 can further include a second portion that canbe connected to the first portion using various fasteners, such as nuts,screws, bolts, rivets, pins, and/or lags to provide some examples, oncethe visual display device mounting structure of the electronic visualdisplay panel 404.r is situated between the first portion and the secondportion.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 4A, the one or moreadjustable mechanical mounting assemblies 416 can include furtherinclude a mechanical coupling member 428 to connect the mechanicalsupporting member 420 and the electronic visual display panel supportingmember 422. As illustrated in FIG. 4A, the mechanical coupling member428 can include a mechanical shaft 430 to connect the mechanicalsupporting member 420 and the electronic visual display panel supportingmember 422. In some embodiments, the mechanical coupling member 428 canbe adjusted to determine a lateral position of the mechanical shaft 430relative to its longitudinal axis and/or an orientation of themechanical shaft 430 about its longitudinal axis. As an example, amechanical crank 432, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, can be used toangularly adjust, for example, rotate, the mechanical shaft 430 toadjust the orientation, for example, a pitch, a roll, and/or a yaw, ofthe electronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t about itslongitudinal axis. In these embodiments, the mechanical crank 432 can beused rotate the mechanical shaft 430 along its longitudinal axis torotate the electronic visual display panel supporting member 422relative to the mechanical supporting member 420. In some embodiments,the mechanical crank 432 can be used to laterally adjust the mechanicalshaft 430 to adjust a lateral position of the electronic visual displaypanel 404.r relative to its longitudinal axis. In these embodiments, themechanical crank 432 can be used to maneuver the mechanical shaft 430along to its longitudinal axis to increase and/or decrease a distancebetween the mechanical supporting member 420 and the electronic visualdisplay panel supporting member 422. In some embodiments, the mechanicalshaft 430 and/or the mechanical crank 432 can adjust, or finely tune,the lateral position and/or the orientation the electronic visualdisplay panel 404.r to provide a seamless, or near seamless, alignmentof the electronic visual display panels 404.1 through 404.t in thethree-dimensional space.

Exemplary Electronic Visual Display Panels that can be Implementedwithin the Exemplary Electronic Visual Display Device

As described above, multiple electronic visual display panels, such asthe electronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n as describedabove in FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C, can be connected to a mechanicalsupporting structure, such as the mechanical supporting structure 200 asdescribed above in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, to form the electronicvisual display device 104. As to be described in further detail below,each of these multiple electronic visual display panels can includemultiple groups of multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs), also referredto as electronic LED disc assemblies, which are configured and arrangedin a series of one or more rows and/or a series of one or more columnsto form an array of LEDs.

FIG. 5A through FIG. 5C graphically illustrate various exemplaryelectronic visual display panels that can be implemented within theexemplary electronic visual display device according to some embodimentsof the disclosure. As to be described in further detail below, theelectronic visual display device 104 can include one or more electronicvisual display panels. In some embodiments, each of these electronicvisual display panels can be characterized having one or more modulardisplay panels that are configured and arranged in a series of rowsand/or a series of columns. In some embodiments, each of these modulardisplay panels can include multiple groups of multiple light-emittingdiodes (LEDs), also referred to as electronic LED disc assemblies, whichare configured and arranged in a series of one or more rows and/or aseries of one or more columns to form an array of LEDs. As to bedescribed in further detail below, the one or more electronic visualdisplay panels can be connected to a mechanical supporting structure,such as the mechanical supporting structure 200 as described above inFIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, to form the electronic visual display device104.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, amodular display panel 500 and a modular display panel 520 can includeelectronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n that areconnected to one or more visual display device mounting structures 506.1through 506.h. In some embodiments, the electronic LED disc assemblies502.1.1 through 502.m.n can be configured and arranged as a series ofm-rows and/or a series of n-columns to form an array of electronic LEDdisc assemblies. Although the modular display panel 500 and the modulardisplay panel 520 are illustrated as being a rectangle in FIG. 5A andFIG. 5B, those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize that themodular display panel 500 and the modular display panel 520 can beconfigured and arranged to be other geometric shapes, such asquadrilaterals, squares, and/or polygons, and/or any other suitableshapes that will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art(s)without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.In some embodiments, each electronic LED disc assembly from among theelectronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n can becharacterized as forming a pixel of the electronic visual display device104. As illustrated in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the electronic LED discassemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n are connected to carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m. In some embodiments, the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m represent mechanical structures to mountelectronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n. Those electronicLED disc assemblies from among the electronic LED disc assemblies502.1.1 through 502.m.n within each row from among the series of m-rowsare connected to a corresponding carrier rail structure from amongcarrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m. For example, the electronicLED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.1.n with a first row from amongthe series of m-rows are connected to a carrier rail structure 504.1from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m. In someembodiments, the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m can includemultiple mechanical LED disc mounts situated along the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m at various distances. In theseembodiments, the multiple mechanical LED disc mounts can beapproximately equidistant from one another along the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m and/or can be situated at differentdistances from one another along the carrier rail structures 504.1through 504.m.

As illustrated in FIG. 5A, the modular display panel 520 can becharacterized as including a first configuration and arrangement 508 ofthe electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5A, the first configuration andarrangement 508 of the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through502.m.n can be characterized as being a one-dimensional equidistant, ornear-equidistant, configuration and arrangement 508 of the electronicLED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n along the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m. In some embodiments, the electronic LEDdisc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n are horizontally, for example,along the x-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system, equidistant, or anear-equidistant, with respect to one another or vertically, forexample, along the y-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system,equidistant, or a near-equidistant, with respect to one another. Asillustrated in FIG. 5A, adjacent, neighboring electronic LED discassemblies along a corresponding carrier rail structure, for example,from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m, such as anelectronic LED disc assembly 510.1 and an electronic LED disc assembly510.2 from among the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through502.m.n along a carrier rail structure 512.1 from among the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m to provide an example, are separated, orspaced-apart, by a one-dimensional center-to-center distance D1 alongthe x-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. And adjacent, neighboringelectronic LED disc assemblies along adjacent, neighboring carrier railstructures from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m,such as the electronic LED disc assembly 510.1 along the carrier railstructure 512.1 and an electronic LED disc assembly 510.3 from among theelectronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n along a carrierrail structure 512.2 from among the carrier rail structures 504.1through 504.m to provide an example, are separated, or spaced-apart, bya one-dimensional center-to-center distance D2 along the y-axis of theCartesian coordinate system. In some embodiments, neighboring carrierrail structures from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through504.m, such as the carrier rail structure 512.1 and a carrier railstructure 512.2 from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through504.m, are similarly separated, or spaced-apart, by the center-to-centerdistance D2 along the y-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. In someembodiments, the center-to-center distance D1 and the center-to-centerdistance D2 can be selected from a range between approximately 100millimeters (mm) to approximately 300 mm, a range between approximately150 mm to approximately 275 mm, and/or a range between approximately 200mm to approximately 250 mm. In some embodiments, the center-to-centerdistance D1 and the center-to-center distance D2 can be approximatelyequal to each other.

Alternatively, or in addition to, the modular display panel 520 can becharacterized as including a second configuration and arrangement 514 ofthe electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5A, the second configurationand arrangement 514 of the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1through 502.m.n can be characterized as being a two-dimensionalequidistant, or near-equidistant, configuration and arrangement 508 ofthe electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n along thecarrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m. In some embodiments, theelectronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n are horizontally,for example, along the x-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system,equidistant, or a near-equidistant, with respect to one another andvertically, for example, along the y-axis of the Cartesian coordinatesystem, equidistant, or a near-equidistant, with respect to one another.As illustrated in FIG. 5A, adjacent, neighboring electronic LED discassemblies along a corresponding carrier rail structure, for example,from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m, such as anelectronic LED disc assembly 516.1 and an electronic LED disc assembly516.2 from among the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through502.m.n along a carrier rail structure 518.1 from among the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m to provide an example, are separated, orspaced-apart, by a one-dimensional center-to-center distance D3 alongthe x-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. And adjacent, neighboringelectronic LED disc assemblies along adjacent, neighboring carrier railstructures from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m,such as the electronic LED disc assembly 516.1 along the carrier railstructure 518.1 and an electronic LED disc assembly 516.3 from among theelectronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n along a carrierrail structure 518.2 from among the carrier rail structures 504.1through 504.m to provide an example, are separated, or spaced-apart, bya two-dimensional center-to-center distance D4 along the x-axis andy-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. In some embodiments, thecenter-to-center distance D3 and the center-to-center distance D4 can beselected from a range between approximately 100 millimeters (mm) toapproximately 300 mm, a range between approximately 150 mm toapproximately 275 mm, and/or a range between approximately 200 mm toapproximately 250 mm. In some embodiments, the center-to-center distanceD4 and the center-to-center distance D4 can be approximately equal toeach other. As further illustrated in FIG. 5A, neighboring carrier railstructures from among the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m,such as the carrier rail structure 518.1 and the carrier rail structure518.2 are separated, or spaced-apart, by a two-dimensionalcenter-to-center distance D5 along the x-axis and y-axis of theCartesian coordinate system. In some embodiments, the center-to-centerdistance D5 can be approximated by:

$\begin{matrix}{{D_{5} = \sqrt{{D_{4}^{2} -} \propto^{2}}},} & (1)\end{matrix}$

where α denotes a horizontal distance from the electronic LED discassembly 516.1 to a vertical line normal from the electronic LED discassembly 516.3 as illustrated in FIG. 5A.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5A, the firstconfiguration and arrangement 508 and/or the second configuration andarrangement 514 of the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through502.m.n can allow environmental elements, such as precipitation and/orwind to provide some examples, as well as other debris to pass throughthe modular display panel 500. In some embodiments, the separation,namely, the center-to-center distance D2 and/or the center-to-centerdistance D5, between adjacent, neighboring carrier rail structures fromamong the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m, such as betweenthe carrier rail structure 512.1 and the carrier rail structure 512.2and/or between the carrier rail structure 518.1 and the carrier railstructure 518.2 to provide some examples, provides openings, or holes,which allow the environmental elements as well as the other debris topass between the adjacent, neighboring carrier rail structures. Thisprevents the environmental elements as well as the other debris fromaccumulating on the modular display panel 500 which could affect theoperation of the modular display panel 500.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5B, the modular displaypanel 520 can further include a carrier supporting structure 522. Insome embodiments, the carrier supporting structure 522 can include oneor more carrier supporting structure members that are configured andarranged to be in a geometric shape, such as a circle, a rectangle, asquare, and/or a polygon, and/or any other suitable geometric shape thatwill be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art(s) withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.Generally, this other suitable shape can represent any suitable regulargeometric shape and/or irregular geometric shape that will be apparentto those skilled in the relevant art(s) without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, thevisual display device mounting structures 506.1 through 506.h can beintegrated with the carrier supporting structure 522 as illustrated inFIG. 5B. In some embodiments, the carrier supporting structure 522 canbe used to effectively shape a contour, or curvature, of the carrierrail structures 504.1 through 504.m. For example, a cross-sectional areaof the carrier supporting structure 522 can be characterized as beingflat or smooth without any contour, or curvature. In this example, thecarrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m can similarly becharacterized as being flat or smooth when connected to the carriersupporting structure 522. As another example, the cross-sectional areaof the carrier supporting structure 522 can be characterized as beingcurved having some contour, or curvature. In this other example, thecarrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m can similarly becharacterized as having the same contour, or curvature, as the carriersupporting structure 522 when connected to the carrier supportingstructure 522.

As illustrated in FIG. 5C, an electronic visual display panel 530 caninclude one or more modular display panels 532.1.1 through 532.x.y. Theelectronic visual display panel 530 can represent an exemplaryembodiment of one or more of the electronic visual display panels 302.1through 302.n as described above in FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C. In someembodiments, the one or more modular display panels 532.1.1 through532.x.y can be implemented using one or more of the modular displaypanels 500 as illustrated in FIG. 5A and/or one or more of the modulardisplay panels 520 as illustrated in FIG. 5B. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 5C, the one or more modular displaypanels 532.1.1 through 532.x.y can be configured and arranged as aseries of x-rows and/or a series of y-columns to form the electronicvisual display panel 530. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated inFIG. 5C, the visual display device mounting structure 506.1 and thevisual display device mounting structure 506.2, as described above, ofeach of the one or more modular display panels 532.1.1 through 532.x.ywithin each column from among the series of y-columns are connected toone another to form the series of y-columns of the electronic visualdisplay panel 530.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5C, the one or moremodular display panels 532.1.1 through 532.x.y can be connected tovisual display device mounting structures 534.1 through 534.w to formthe electronic visual display panel 530. In some embodiments, the visualdisplay device mounting structures 534.1 through 534.w can be connectedto the vertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.a, thehorizontal supporting structures 204.1 through 204.b, and/or thevertical mounting structures 206.1 through 206.c as described above inFIG. 2A through FIG. 2D to connect the electronic visual display panel530 to the mechanical supporting structure as described above in FIG. 4Aand FIG. 4B. The visual display device mounting structures 534.1 through534.w can represent an exemplary embodiment of the electronic visualdisplay device mounting structures 418.1 through 418.g as describedabove in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B.

FIG. 6 graphically illustrates an exemplary row of electronic LED discassemblies that can implemented within the electronic visual displaypanels according to some embodiments of the disclosure. As describedabove, an electronic visual display panel, such as the modular displaypanel 500 and/or the electronic visual display panel, can includemultiple electronic LED disc assemblies, such as the electronic LED discassemblies 502.1.1 through 502.m.n as described above in FIG. 5A andFIG. 5B, which are configured and arranged as a series of rows and/or aseries of columns to form an array of electronic LED disc assemblies.The discussion of FIG. 6 to follow is to describe an exemplary row ofelectronic LED disc assemblies 600 from among the series of rows of thearray of electronic LED disc assemblies. The row of electronic LED discassemblies 600 can represent an exemplary embodiment of the one of theseries of m-rows of the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1 through502.m.n as described above in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6, the row of electronicLED disc assemblies 600 includes electronic LED disc assemblies 602.1through 602.n that are connected to the carrier rail structure 604. Thecarrier rail structure 604 can represent an exemplary embodiment of oneor more of the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m as describedabove in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B. In some embodiments, the carrier railstructure 604 can include mechanical LED disc mounts 606.1 through 606.nto connect the electronic LED disc assemblies 602.1 through 602.n to thecarrier rail structure 604. In these embodiments, the electronic LEDdisc assemblies 602.1 through 602.n and the mechanical LED disc mounts606.1 through 606.n can be configured and arranged to form theinterlocking connectors as described above, which are connected to oneanother by pushing the electronic LED disc assemblies 602.1 through602.n into their corresponding mechanical LED disc mounts 606.1 through606.n. In these embodiments, the interlocking capabilities of theelectronic LED disc assemblies 602.1 through 602.n and/or the mechanicalLED disc mounts 606.1 through 606.n allow the electronic LED discassemblies 602.1 through 602.n to be replaced by pulling a defective,failing, or failed electronic LED disc assembly from among theelectronic LED disc assemblies 602.1 through 602.n from itscorresponding mechanical LED disc mounts 606.1 through 606.n and pushingin a new electronic LED disc assembly into the corresponding mechanicalLED disc mount.

FIG. 7 graphically illustrates an exemplary electronic LED disc modulethat can be included within the exemplary row of electronic LED discassemblies according to some embodiments of the disclosure. As describedabove, an electronic visual display panel, such as the modular displaypanel 520 as described above in FIG. 5C, can include multiple electronicLED disc assemblies, such as the electronic LED disc assemblies 502.1.1through 502.m.n as described above in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B. Thediscussion of FIG. 7 to follow is to describe an exemplary electronicLED disc module 700 from among the array of electronic LED discassemblies. The electronic LED disc module 700 can represent anexemplary embodiment of the one of the electronic LED disc assemblies502.1.1 through 502.m.n as described above in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B. Inthe exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7, the electronic LED discmodule 700 includes an electronic LED disc 702 and a carrier railassembly 704. The electronic LED disc 702 can represent an exemplaryembodiment of one or more of the electronic LED disc assemblies 602.1through 602.n.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7, the electronic LEDdisc 702 can be configured to provide one or more pixels of an image,such as the visual media 102 as described above in FIG. 1. Asillustrated in FIG. 7, the electronic LED disc 702 includes a mechanicalcover 708, a LED assembly 710, and a mechanical display assembly 712. Inthe exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 7, the mechanical cover 708and the mechanical display assembly 712 can be configured and arrangedto form the interlocking connectors as described above, which areconnected to one another by pushing the mechanical cover 708 into themechanical display assembly 712.

The LED assembly 710 can include one or more light-emitting diodes(LEDs) 736 which provide the one or more pixels of the image. In someembodiments, the one or more LEDs 736 are configured and arranged to beconcentric geometric shapes, such as circles as illustrated in FIG. 7,rectangles, squares, and/or polygons, and/or any other suitable shapesthat will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art(s) withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.Generally, these other suitable shapes can represent any suitableregular geometric shape and/or irregular geometric shapes that will beapparent to those skilled in the relevant art(s) without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, theone or more LEDs 736 are electrically connected to a printed circuitboard (PCB) having various transmission lines, such as stripline ormicrostrip to provide some examples, to form electrical connectionsbetween the one or more LEDs 736 and an electrical connector 714. Insome embodiments, the one or more LEDs 736 can be implemented usingsurface mount (SMT) LEDs and/or through-hole (TH) LEDs that areelectrically connected to the PCB by, for example, soldering or anyother suitable mechanical interconnection, such as silver conductiveepoxy to provide an example, that will be recognized by those skilled inthe relevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure. In some embodiments, the one or more LEDs 736 can befabricated onto a thin slice of semiconductor material, such as asilicon crystal, but can include other materials, or combinations ofmaterials, such as sapphire or any other suitable material that will beapparent to those skilled in the relevant art(s) without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the present disclosure to form the LED assembly710. As to be described in further detail below, the electricalconnector 714 can electrically couple the LED assembly 710 and theelectronic LED disc control assembly 730. In some embodiments, theelectrical connector 714 can be implemented using a simple electricalboard-to-board (BTB) connector such as a pin header or a box header;however, more complicated BTB connectors are possible as will beapparent to those skilled in the relevant art(s) without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

The mechanical display assembly 712 represents a mechanical housing forthe LED assembly 710. Although the mechanical display assembly 712 isillustrated as having a cylinder shape in FIG. 7, this is for exemplarypurposes only. Those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize thatthe mechanical display assembly 712 can have another shape, such as asphere, a cube, a rectangular prism, a cone, and/or any combinationthereof to provide some examples. In some embodiments, the mechanicaldisplay assembly 712 can include a heat sink assembly 716 to transferheat generated by the LED assembly 710 to ambient air surrounding theelectronic LED disc module 700. In the exemplary embodiment, illustratedin FIG. 7, the heat sink assembly 716 can surround a periphery of themechanical display assembly 712 in its entirety or a portion thereof. Insome embodiments, the mechanical display assembly 712 can include anaccess opening, or hole, which can be utilized by the electronic LEDdisc control assembly 730 to access the electrical connector 714 as tobe described in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the carrier rail assembly 704 connects theelectronic LED disc module 700 to a carrier rail structure 718, such asa portion of one or more carrier rail structures from among the carrierrail structures 504.1 through 504.m as described above in FIG. 5A andFIG. 5B. The carrier rail assembly 704 can represent an exemplaryembodiment of one or more of the mechanical LED disc mounts 606.1through 606.n as described above in FIG. 6. In the exemplary embodimentillustrated in FIG. 7, carrier rail assembly 704 includes a mechanicalweather seal 720, a mechanical LED disc mount 722, an electricalconnection assembly 726, an electronic LED disc control assembly 730, anelectronic LED disc signal routing assembly 732, and a mechanical cover734.

The mechanical weather seal 720 provides weatherization for the carrierrail assembly 704. In some embodiments, the mechanical weather seal 720can protect the carrier rail assembly 704 from environmental elements,such as sunlight, precipitation, wind, and/or humidity to provide someexamples, which could affect the operation of the electronic LED disc702. In some embodiments, the mechanical weather seal 720 can beimplemented using one or more synthetic or semi-synthetic organiccompounds or materials, also referred to as plastic, one or more organicmaterials, such as wood to provide an example, and/or any other suitablenon-metallic material that will be apparent to those skilled in therelevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure.

The mechanical LED disc mount 722 can be used connect the electronic LEDdisc 702 to the carrier rail structure 718. In some embodiments, theelectronic LED disc 702 and the mechanical LED disc mount 722 can beconfigured and arranged to form the interlocking connectors as describedabove, which are connected to one another by pushing the electronic LEDdisc 702 into the mechanical LED disc mount 722. In these embodiments,the interlocking capabilities of the mechanical LED disc mount 722 allowthe electronic LED disc 702 to be replaced by pulling a defective,failed, or failing electronic LED disc 702 from the mechanical LED discmount 722 and pushing in a new electronic LED disc 702 into themechanical LED disc mount 722.

The electrical connection assembly 726 includes one or more openings, orholes, 738.1 and 738.2 for mechanically and connecting one or morecommunication cables 728 to the electronic LED disc signal routingassembly 732. In some embodiments, the one or more openings, or holes,738.1 and 738.2 and the one or more communication cables 728 can beconfigured and arranged to form the interlocking connectors as describedabove which are connected to one another by pushing connectors of theone or more communication cables 728 into the one or more openings, orholes, 738.1 and 738.2. In some embodiments, the electrical connectionassembly 726 can include an interlocking access shaft 740 having anopening, or hole, to provide the electronic LED disc signal routingassembly 732 access to the electronic LED disc 702. As illustrated inFIG. 7, the interlocking access shaft 740 can include an interlockingscrew protrusion 742 to mechanically secure the mechanical LED discmount 722 to the carrier rail structure 718. In some embodiments, theinterlocking access shaft 740 can be configured and arranged to slidethrough an opening, or hole, in the carrier rail structure 718 to exposethe interlocking screw protrusion 742. In these embodiments, themechanical LED disc mount 722 is configured and arranged to slide overthe interlocking access shaft 740. As illustrated in FIG. 7, themechanical LED disc mount 722 includes an interlocking screw assembly744 which mechanically secures the mechanical LED disc mount 722 to thecarrier rail structure 718 by rotating, or twisting, the mechanical LEDdisc mount 722 about the interlocking access shaft 740. This rotating,or twisting, of the mechanical LED disc mount 722 interlocks theinterlocking screw protrusion 742 and the interlocking screw assembly744 to mechanically secure the mechanical LED disc mount 722 to thecarrier rail structure 718.

The electronic LED disc control assembly 730 can route various signals,such as power signals, control signals, and/or data signals to providesome examples, between the electronic LED disc signal routing assembly732 and the electronic LED disc 702. In some embodiments, the electronicLED disc control assembly 730 can be configured and arranged to providean electrical connection between the electronic LED disc signal routingassembly 732 and the electronic LED disc 702. As illustrated in FIG. 7,the electronic LED disc control assembly 730 can access the electricalconnector 714 through the interlocking access shaft 740. In someembodiments, electronic LED disc control assembly 730 includes one ormore connectors electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB)having various transmission lines, such as stripline or microstrip toprovide some examples, to form electrical connections between theelectronic LED disc signal routing assembly 732 and the electronic LEDdisc 702. In some embodiments, the one or more connectors can beimplemented using a simple electrical board-to-board (BTB) connectorsuch as a pin header or a box header; however, more complicated BTBconnectors are possible as will be apparent to those skilled in therelevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure.

The electronic LED disc signal routing assembly 732 can route varioussignals, such as power signals, control signals, and/or data signals toprovide some examples, between the one or more communication cables 728and the electronic LED disc control assembly 730. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 7, the electronic LED disc signal routingassembly 732 includes connectors 746.1 and 746.2 and a connector 748 toprovide electrical connections between the one or more communicationcables 728 and the electronic LED disc control assembly 730. Asillustrated in FIG. 7, the one or more communication cables 728 canaccess the connectors 746.1 and 746.2 through the one or more openings,or holes, 738.1 and 738.2. In some embodiments, the electronic LED discsignal routing assembly 732 can route the various signals, such as powersignals, control signals, and/or data signals to provide some examples,received by the connector 746.1 from a first communication cable fromamong the one or more communication cables 728 to the connector 748 fordelivery to the electronic LED disc 702. In some embodiments, theelectronic LED disc signal routing assembly 732 can route varioussignals, such as power signals, control signals, and/or data signals toprovide some examples, received at the connector 748 to the connector746.2 for delivery to a second communication cable from among the one ormore communication cables 728. In some embodiments, the electronic LEDdisc signal routing assembly 732 can route the various signals, such aspower signals, control signals, and/or data signals to provide someexamples, received by the connector 746.1 from the first communicationcable to the connector 746.2 for delivery to the second communicationcable. In some embodiments, the connectors 746.1 and 746.2 and theconnector 748 can be electrically connected to a printed circuit board(PCB) having various transmission lines, such as stripline or microstripto provide some examples, to form electrical connections between theconnectors 746.1 and 746.2 and/or the connector 748. In someembodiments, the connectors 746.1 and 746.2 and/or the connector 748 canbe implemented using a simple electrical board-to-board (BTB) connectorsuch as a pin header or a box header; however, more complicated BTBconnectors are possible as will be apparent to those skilled in therelevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent disclosure.

The mechanical cover 734 can be configured and arranged to mechanicallysecure the electronic LED disc control assembly 730 and the electronicLED disc signal routing assembly 732. As described above, the electronicLED disc control assembly 730 is mechanically and electrically connectedto the electronic LED disc 702 via the interlocking access shaft 740. Insome embodiments, the connector 748 can be mechanically and electricallyconnected to the electronic LED disc control assembly 730. In theseembodiments, the electronic LED disc signal routing assembly 732 can besituated within an opening, or hole, in the electrical connectionassembly 726. In some embodiments, the mechanical cover 734 can beconnected to the electrical connection assembly 726 using variousfasteners, such as nuts, screws, bolts, rivets, pins, and/or lags toprovide some examples, to secure the electronic LED disc controlassembly 730 and the electronic LED disc signal routing assembly 732within the opening, or hole, in the electrical connection assembly 726.

Exemplary Method for Constructing the Exemplary Exterior Display System

FIG. 8 illustrates a flowchart of an exemplary operation forconstructing the exemplary exterior display system according to someembodiments of the disclosure. The disclosure is not limited to thisoperational description. Rather, it will be apparent to ordinary personsskilled in the relevant art(s) that other operational control flows arewithin the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. The followingdiscussion describes an exemplary operational control flow 800 forconstructing an exterior display system, such as the exterior displaysystem 100 as described above in FIG. 1.

At operation 802, the exemplary operational control flow 800 constructsa mechanical skeleton framework. In some embodiments, the mechanicalskeleton framework represents a load bearing structure which supportsmost of the weight of the exterior display system. The exemplaryoperational control flow 800 constructs horizontal supportingstructures, such as the horizontal supporting structures 204.1 through204.b as described above in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, around a buildingstructure and/or a nonbuilding structure. The building structure and/orthe nonbuilding structure can include, be connected to, and/or besurrounded by the horizontal supporting structures configured andarranged about its exterior surface or a portion of its exteriorsurface. In some embodiments, the exemplary operational control flow 800can utilize temporary scaffolding to aid in the construction of thehorizontal supporting structures. Thereafter, the exemplary operationalcontrol flow 800 connects vertical supporting structures, such as thevertical supporting structures 202.1 through 202.a as described above inFIG. 2A through FIG. 2D, to the horizontal supporting structures tocreate the mechanical skeleton framework. In some embodiments, thevertical supporting structures can be characterized as having a twist,such as, a clockwise twist to provide an example, to form the clockwisehelical or swirl pattern as described above in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D.In some embodiments, the vertical supporting structures are optional.

At operation 804, the exemplary operational control flow 800 connectsmounting structures to the mechanical skeleton framework to form amechanical supporting structure. The exemplary operational control flow800 connects the mounting structures, such as the vertical mountingstructures 206.1 through 206.c as described above in FIG. 2A throughFIG. 2D, to the mechanical skeleton framework from operation 802 to forma mechanical supporting structure, such as the mechanical supportingstructure 200 as described above in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D. In someembodiments, the mounting structures can be characterized as having atwist, such as, a counterclockwise twist to provide an example, to formthe counterclockwise helical or swirl pattern as described above in FIG.2A through FIG. 2D.

At operation 806, the exemplary operational control flow 800 connectselectronic visual display panels to the mechanical supporting structureto form the exterior display system. The exemplary operational controlflow 800 connects the electronic visual display panels, such as theelectronic visual display panels 302.1 through 302.n as described abovein FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C, to the mechanical supporting structure fromoperation 804. In some embodiments, the exemplary operational controlflow 800 can connect one or more adjustable mechanical mountingassemblies, such as the one or more adjustable mechanical mountingassemblies 416 as described above in FIG. 4, to the mechanicalsupporting structure from operation 804 and thereafter use the one ormore adjustable mechanical mounting assemblies to connect the electronicvisual display panels to the mechanical supporting structure. In someembodiments, orientations, for example, a pitch, a roll, and/or a yaw,of the electronic visual display panels in three-dimensional space canbe adjusted by rotating mechanical cranks, such as the mechanical crank432 as described above in FIG. 4, within the one or more adjustablemechanical mounting assemblies.

Exemplary Troubleshooting and/or Repairing of the Exterior DisplaySystem

FIG. 9 graphically illustrates a perspective view of an exemplaryembodiment of the exemplary exterior display system according to someembodiments of the disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 9, an exteriordisplay system 900 can include an electronic visual display panel 902from among multiple electronic visual display panels that are connectedto the mechanical supporting structure 200 to form the electronic visualdisplay device 104 as described above in FIG. 2A through FIG. 2D andFIG. 3A through FIG. 3C. The exterior display system 900 and theelectronic visual display panel 902 can represent exemplary embodimentsof the exterior display system 100 as described above on FIG. 1 and theelectronic visual display panel 530 as described above in FIG. 5C,respectively. Additionally, the electronic visual display panel 902 caninclude a modular display panel 904 from among multiple modular displaypanels. Further, the modular display panel 904 can include a row ofelectronic LED disc assemblies 906 from among multiple rows ofelectronic LED disc assemblies. Moreover, the row of electronic LED discassemblies 906 can include an electronic LED disc assembly 908 fromamong multiple electronic LED disc assemblies. The modular display panel904, the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906, and the electronicLED disc assembly 908 can represent exemplary embodiments of the modulardisplay panel 510 and/or the modular display panel 520 as describedabove in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the row of electronic LED disc assemblies600 as described above in FIG. 6, and one of the electronic LED discassemblies 602.1 through 602.n as described above in FIG. 6,respectively.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 9, the exterior displaysystem 900 can be characterized as being a modular system withinterchangeable panels, structures, and/or assemblies that ease theconstruction and/or the repair of the exterior display system 900. Asillustrated in FIG. 9, the electronic visual display panel 902 can beconnected to the mechanical supporting structure 200. In someembodiments, the electronic visual display panel 902 can be replaced bydisconnecting a defective, failing, or failed electronic visual displaypanel from the mechanical supporting structure 200 and connecting a newelectronic visual display panel to the mechanical supporting structure200. In some embodiments, the electronic visual display panel 902 can bereplaced when multiple modular display panels of the electronic visualdisplay panel 902 are identified, or troubleshot, as being defective,failing, or failed. In some embodiments, the mechanical supportingstructure 200 can include one or more adjustable mechanical mountingassemblies, such as the one or more adjustable mechanical mountingassemblies 416 as described above, to connect the electronic visualdisplay panel 902 to the mechanical supporting structure 200. In theseembodiments, one or more mounting clamps, such as the one or moremounting clamps 426 to provide an example, can be disengaged, forexample, loosened, to remove the defective, failing, or failedelectronic visual display panel from the mechanical supporting structure200 and thereafter can be engaged, for example, tightened, to connectthe new electronic visual display panel to the mechanical supportingstructure 200.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the modular display panel 904 can be replacedby disconnecting a defective, failing, or failed modular display panelfrom the electronic visual display panel 902 and connecting a newmodular display panel to the electronic visual display panel 902. Insome embodiments, the modular display panel 904 can be replaced whenmultiple rows of electronic LED disc assemblies of the modular displaypanel 904 are identified, or troubleshot, as being defective, failing,or failed. In some embodiments, the electronic visual display panel 902can include one or more slots, grooves, and/or holes and the modulardisplay panel 904 can include one or more corresponding slots, grooves,and/or holes. In these embodiments, one or more mechanical pins can beinserted into the slots, grooves, and/or holes of the electronic visualdisplay panel 902 and the corresponding slots, grooves, and/or holes ofthe modular display panel 904 to connect the electronic visual displaypanel 902 and the modular display panel 904. In these embodiments, theone or more mechanical pins can be removed from these slots, grooves,and/or holes to disconnect the defective, failing, or failed modulardisplay panel and the modular display panel 904 and thereafter the oneor more mechanical pins can be inserted into inserted into the slots,grooves, and/or holes of the new modular display panel and thecorresponding slots, grooves, and/or holes of the modular display panel904 to connect the new modular display panel and the modular displaypanel 904.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906can be replaced by disconnecting a defective, failing, or failed a rowof electronic LED disc assemblies from the modular display panel 904 andconnecting a new row of electronic LED disc assemblies to modulardisplay panel 904. In some embodiments, the row of electronic LED discassemblies 906 can be replaced when multiple electronic LED discassemblies of the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906 areidentified, or troubleshot, as being defective, failing, or failed. Insome embodiments, the modular display panel 904 and the row ofelectronic LED disc assemblies 906 can be configured and arranged toform the interlocking connectors as described above which are connectedto one another by pushing the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906into the modular display panel 904. In these embodiments, the defective,failing, or failed row of electronic LED disc assemblies can be replacedby pulling the defective, failing, or failed row of electronic LED discassemblies from the modular display panel 904 and pushing in the new rowof electronic LED disc assemblies into the modular display panel 904.

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the electronic LED disc assembly 908 can bereplaced by disconnecting a defective, failing, or failed electronic LEDdisc assembly from the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906 andconnecting a new electronic LED disc assembly to the row of electronicLED disc assemblies 906. In some embodiments, the electronic LED discassembly 908 can be replaced when the electronic LED disc assembly 908is identified, or troubleshot, as being defective, failing, or failed.In some embodiments, the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906 andthe electronic LED disc assembly 908 can be configured and arranged toform the interlocking connectors as described above which are connectedto one another by pushing the electronic LED disc assembly 908 into therow of electronic LED disc assemblies 906. In some embodiments, the rowof electronic LED disc assemblies 906 can include multiple mechanicalLED disc mounts which can be connected to electronic LED disc assembliesby pushing the electronic LED disc assemblies into their correspondingmechanical LED disc mounts and/or disconnected from the electronic LEDdisc assemblies by pulling the electronic LED disc assemblies from theircorresponding mechanical LED disc mounts. In some embodiments, thedefective, failing, or failed electronic LED disc assembly can bereplaced by pulling the defective, failing, or failed electronic LEDdisc assembly from the row of electronic LED disc assemblies 906 andpushing in the new electronic LED disc assembly into the row ofelectronic LED disc assemblies 906.

Exemplary Power and Data Systems within the Exterior Display System

As described above, the exterior display system 100 can be configuredand arranged to present visual media 102, such as images, pictures,graphics, informational content, live images, moving images, videos,animations, advertisements, promotional content, movies, scenery, lightdisplays and effects, among others. The discussion to follow is todescribe a hierarchal power distribution system and/or a hierarchal datasystem that can be implemented within the exterior display system 100.As to be described in further detail below, the hierarchal powerdistribution system can distribute electric power to the multipleelectronic visual display panels of the exterior display system 100. Asto be described in further detail below, the hierarchal data system candistribute electronic data relating the visual media 102, or portionsthereof, to be presented by the exterior display system 100.

FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of a hierarchal power distributionsystem that can be implemented within the exemplary exterior displaysystem according to some embodiments of the disclosure. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 10, a hierarchal power distributionsystem 1000 can distribute electric power throughout the exteriordisplay system 100, for example, to multiple electronic visual displaypanels of the exterior display system 100. As described above in FIG. 3Athrough FIG. 3C, the multiple electronic visual display panels can beindexed as a series of sphere levels and/or a series of sphere bays. Thesphere levels can traverse in horizontal directions for example,parallel to different x-y planes of the Cartesian coordinate systemtraversing from the base of the exterior display system 100 to the apexof the exterior display system 100. The sphere bays represent differentvertical columns of the multiple electronic visual display panels. alonga vertical direction, for example, along the z-axis of the Cartesiancoordinate system. As to be described in further detail below, thehierarchal power distribution system 1000 can distribute the electricpower in the horizontal direction along these sphere levels and/or inthe vertical direction along these sphere bays onto the multipleelectronic visual display panels. In the exemplary embodimentillustrated in FIG. 10, the hierarchal power distribution system 1000can include one or more power supply units (PSUs) 1002.1 through 1002.k,one or more groups of power distribution units 1004.1 through 1004.k,and/or one or more sections of electronic visual display panels 1008.1through 1008.k.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10, the PSUs 1002.1through 1002.k generate the electric power for the exterior displaysystem 100. As illustrated in FIG. 10, the PSUs 1002.1 through 1002.kcan be daisy chained to one another, namely, wired to another insequence and/or in a ring to generate the electric power for theexterior display system 100. In some embodiments, the PSUs 1002.1through 1002.k can be characterized as being power source converterswhich covert an electric power 1050 that is delivered from one or moresources, such as the electric power grid via one or more electricaloutlets, one or more energy storage devices such as one or morebatteries or one or more fuel cells, one or more generators, one or morealternators, and/or other power supply units to provide some examples,to various voltages, currents, and/or frequencies to provide electricpower 1052.1 through 1052.k to the power distribution units 1006.1through 1006.m. In some embodiments, the PSUs 1002.1 through 1002.k canadditionally, limit the electric power 1052.1 through 1052.k to safelevels, shutting off one or more of the electric power 1052.1 through1052.k in the event of one or more electrical faults within the exteriordisplay system 100, power condition the electric power 1052.1 through1052.k to prevent electronic noise or voltage surges from reaching thepower distribution units 1006.1 through 1006.m, and/or power-factorcorrection. In some embodiments, the PSUs 1002.1 through 1002.k can beimplemented as one or more direct current (DC) power supplies, such asone or more alternating current (AC) to DC power supplies, one or moreswitched-mode power supplies, one or more capacitive, ortransformerless, power supplies, and/or one or more linear regulators toprovide some examples, one or more uninterruptible power supplies, oneor more high-voltage power supplies, and/or any combination thereof toprovide some examples.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10, the groups of powerdistribution units 1004.1 through 1004.k can deliver electric power totheir corresponding sections of electronic visual display panels fromamong the sections of electronic visual display panels 1008.1 through1008.k. As illustrated in FIG. 10, the groups of power distributionunits 1004.1 through 1004.k can include power distribution units1006.1.1 through 1006.k.m. Although each group of power distributionunits from among the groups of power distribution units 1004.1 through1004.k is illustrated as including a similar number of powerdistribution units in FIG. 10, this is for illustrative purposes only.Those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize that each group ofpower distribution units from among the groups of power distributionunits 1004.1 through 1004.k can include a different number of powerdistribution units from each another without departing from the spiritand scope of the present disclosure. Each group of power distributionunits from among the groups of power distribution units 1004.1 through1004.k can operate in a substantially similar manner to one another;therefore, only the group of power distribution units 1004.1 is to bedescribed in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, the group of power distribution units 1004.1includes power distribution units 1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m. The powerdistribution units 1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m can convert the electricpower 1052.1 into the other electric power 1054.1.1 through 1054.1.mthat are suitable for the electronic visual display panels 1010.1.1through 1010.1.m. In some embodiments, the power distribution units1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m convert the electric power 1052.1 from a highpower, for example, a high voltage and/or a high current, into the otherelectric power 1054.1.1 through 1054.1.m at lower powers, for example,lower voltages and/or lower currents. As illustrated in FIG. 10, thepower distribution units 1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m can deliver theircorresponding electric power from among the electric power 1052.1through 1052.k to their corresponding sections of electronic visualdisplay panels from among the sections of electronic visual displaypanels 1008.1 through 1008.k. In some embodiments, the powerdistribution units 1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m can additionally, limit theother electric power 1054.1.1 through 1054.1.m to safe levels, shuttingoff one or more of the other electric power 1054.1.1 through 1054.1.m inthe event of one or more electrical faults within the exterior displaysystem 100, power condition other electric power 1054.1.1 through1054.1.m to prevent electronic noise or voltage surges from reaching thesections of electronic visual display panels 1008.1 through 1008.k,and/or power-factor correction. In some embodiments, the powerdistribution units 1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m can be implemented as oneor more direct current (DC) power supplies, such as one or morealternating current (AC) to DC power supplies, one or more switched-modepower supplies, one or more capacitive, or transformerless, powersupplies, and/or one or more linear regulators to provide some examples,one or more uninterruptible power supplies, one or more high-voltagepower supplies, and/or any combination thereof to provide some examples.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10, the sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1008.1 through 1008.k can includevisual display panels 1010.1.1 through 1010.k.m. Although each sectionof electronic visual display panels from among the sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1008.1 through 1008.k is illustrated asincluding a similar number of electronic visual display panels in FIG.10, this is for illustrative purposes only. Those skilled in therelevant art(s) will recognize that each section of electronic visualdisplay panels from among sections of electronic visual display panels1008.1 through 1008.k can include a different number of electronicvisual display panels from each another without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. Each section of electronicvisual display panels from among the sections of electronic visualdisplay panels 1008.1 through 1008.k can operate in a substantiallysimilar manner to one another; therefore, only the section of electronicvisual display panels 1008.1 is to be described in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, the section of electronic visual displaypanels 1008.1 includes the electronic visual display panels 1010.1.1through 1010.1.m. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 10,the electronic visual display panels 1010.1.1 through 1010.1.m canreceive the electric power 1054.1.1 through 1054.1.m from the powerdistribution units 1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m over one or more coppercables, such as one or more coaxial cables, one or more ribbon cables,one or more shielded cables, and/or one or more twinax cables. In someembodiments, the electronic visual display panels 1010.1.1 through1010.1.m can include electronic LED disc assemblies that are connectedto one or more carrier rail structures, such as the carrier railstructures 504.1 through 504.m as described above in FIG. 5A throughFIG. 5C. In these embodiments, electronic visual display panels 1010.1.1through 1010.1.m can route the electric power 1054.1.1 through 1054.1.mto their carrier rail structures. In some embodiments, the electronicLED disc assemblies within the carrier rail structures can be daisychained to one another, namely, wired to another in sequence and/or in aring using one or more communication cables, such as the one or morecommunication cables 728 as described above in FIG. 7. In theseembodiments, the one or more communication cables can be connected tothe one or more copper cables to route the electric power 1054.1.1through 1054.1.m to the electronic LED disc assemblies within theircarrier rail structures. In some embodiments, one or more connectors ofthe one or more copper cables and one or more connectors of the one ormore communication cables of the carrier rail structures can beconfigured and arranged to form the interlocking connectors as describedabove. These interlocking connectors can be connected to one another bypushing the one or more connectors of the one or more communicationcables of the carrier rail structures into their corresponding one ormore connectors of the one or more copper cables.

In some embodiments, each section of electronic visual display panelsfrom among the sections of electronic visual display panels 1008.1through 1008.k can correspond to a sphere bay, or a portion thereof,from among the sphere boys of the exterior display system 100, such asone or more of the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e as described above inFIG. 3B, that transverses in the vertical direction. In theseembodiments, the PSUs 1002.1 through 1002.k can be situated along one ormore sphere levels, such one or more of the sphere levels 304.1 through304.d as described above in FIG. 3B in the horizontal direction with thegroups of power distribution units 1004.1 through 1004.k being situatedalong these sphere bays in the vertical direction to distribute theelectric power to their corresponding sections of electronic visualdisplay panels 1008.1 through 1008.k. Alternatively, or in addition to,each section of electronic visual display panels 1008.1 through 1008.kcan correspond to a sphere level from among the sphere levels of theexterior display system 100, such as one or more of the sphere levels304.1 through 304.d as described above in FIG. 3B, that transverses inthe horizontal direction. In these embodiments, the PSUs 1002.1 through1002.k can be situated along one or more sphere bays, such one or moreof the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e as described above in FIG. 3B inthe vertical direction with the power distribution units 1006.1 through1006.m being situated along these sphere levels in the horizontaldirection to distribute the electric power to their sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1008.1 through 1008.k.

FIG. 11 illustrates a block diagram of a hierarchal data distributionsystem that can be implemented within the exemplary exterior displaysystem according to some embodiments of the disclosure. In the exemplaryembodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, a hierarchal data distribution system1100 can distribute electronic data relating to visual media, such asimages, pictures, graphics, informational content, live images, movingimages, videos, animations, advertisements, promotional content, movies,scenery, light displays and effects, among others to provide someexamples, to multiple electronic visual display panels of the exteriordisplay system 100. As described above in FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C, themultiple electronic visual display panels can be indexed as a series ofsphere levels and/or a series of sphere bays. The sphere levels cantraverse in horizontal directions for example, parallel to different x-yplanes of the Cartesian coordinate system traversing from the base ofthe exterior display system 100 to the apex of the exterior displaysystem 100. The sphere bays represent different vertical columns of themultiple electronic visual display panels. along a vertical direction,for example, along the z-axis of the Cartesian coordinate system. As tobe described in further detail below, the hierarchal data distributionsystem 1100 can distribute the electronic data in the horizontaldirection along these sphere levels and/or in the vertical directionalong these sphere bays onto the multiple electronic visual displaypanels. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, thehierarchal data distribution system 1100 can include a media server1102, data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k, one or more groups ofdata distribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k, and sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1110.1 through 1110.k.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, the media server1102 represents a centralized media server for providing the visualmedia to be displayed by the exterior display system 100. In someembodiments, the media server 1102 can be situated within a dedicatedcontrol room of the building structure and/or the nonbuilding structureas described above in FIG. 1. In some embodiments, the media server 1102can include one or more media repository systems for locally storingdifferent visual media. In these embodiments, the media server 1102 canselect the visual media from among the different visual media to bedisplayed by the exterior display system 100 and can thereafter retrievethe selected visual media from the one or more media repository systems.In some embodiments, the media server 1102 can receive the visual mediafrom one or more remote media servers that are situated remotely fromthe building structure and/or the nonbuilding structure. In someembodiments, the media server 1102 can overlay one or more graphicalimages, such as one or more advertising logos, one or moreadvertisements, and/or one or more other graphical enhancements thatwill be recognized by those skilled in the relevant art(s) withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure onto thevisual media to provide some examples.

As illustrated in FIG. 11, the media server 1102 can process the visualmedia to provide one or more visual media data packets 1150 relating tothe visual media. As part of this processing, the media server 1102 canparse the visual media into one or more logical sections of the visualmedia which can be displayed by one or more corresponding sections ofelectronic visual display panels from among sections of electronicvisual display panels 1110.1 through 1110.k. After parsing the visualmedia, the media server 1102 can encapsulate or frame the one or morelogical sections of the visual media into one or more payloads of thevisual media data packets 1150 and/or append one or more identifiers,for example, one or more addresses of one or more data processing unitsfrom among the data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k, within oneor more headers of the visual media data packets 1150. In someembodiments, the media server 1102 can deliver the visual media datapackets 1150 to the data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k over awired communication network using, for example, one or more fiber-opticcables.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, the data processingunits 1104.1 through 1104.k can deliver groups of elementary visualmedia data packets 1152.1 through 1152.k to the groups of datadistribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k. In some embodiments, the dataprocessing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can deliver the groups ofelementary visual media data packets 1152.1 through 1152.k to the groupsof data distribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k over the wiredcommunication network using, for example, one or more Ethernetnetworking cables, such as one or more category 5 (Cat 5) or category 6(Cat 6) Ethernet networking cables, and/or one or more copper corecommunication cables, such as one or more coaxial cables, one or moreribbon cables, one or more shielded cables, and/or one or more twinaxcables. Moreover, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the groups of elementaryvisual media data packets 1152.1 through 1152.k can include elementaryvisual media data packets 1154.1.1 through 1154.k.1 and elementaryvisual media data packets 1154.1.2 through 1154.k.2. In someembodiments, the elementary visual media data packets 1154.1.1 through1154.k.1 are substantially similar to their corresponding visual mediadata packets 1154.1.2 through 1154.k.2. In these embodiments, thesimilarity between the elementary visual media data packets 1154.1.1through 1154.k.1 and their corresponding visual media data packets1154.1.2 through 1154.k.2 provides redundancy throughout the hierarchaldata distribution system 1100 to mitigate errors, faults, and/orfailures relating to the data distribution units 1106.1 through 1106.mas to be described in further detail below. For example, the dataprocessing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can deliver the elementary visualmedia data packets 1154.1.1 through 1154.k.1 and elementary visual mediadata packets 1154.1.2 through 1154.k.2 to the groups of datadistribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k over multiple redundant datapathways.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, the data processingunits 1104.1 through 1104.k can receive the one or more visual mediadata packets 1150 from the media server 1102. After receiving the one ormore visual media data packets 1150, the data processing units 1104.1through 1104.k can process the one or more visual media data packets1150 to generate the groups of elementary visual media data packets1152.1 through 1152.k. As described above, the one or more visual mediadata packets 1150 can include one or more addresses of one or more dataprocessing units from among the data processing units 1104.1 through1104.k. In some embodiments, the data processing units 1104.1 through1104.k process those visual media data packets from among the one ormore visual media data packets 1150 which correspond to their addressesand/or can disregard, or ignore, those visual media data packets fromamong the one or more visual media data packets 1150 which do notcorrespond to their addresses. In these embodiments, the data processingunits 1104.1 through 1104.k can temporarily store, or buffer, thosevisual media data packets from among the one or more visual media datapackets 1150 which correspond to their addresses.

As part of this processing, the data processing units 1104.1 through1104.k can extract the one or more logical sections of the visual mediafrom the one or more visual media data packets 1150. In someembodiments, the data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can parsethe one or more logical sections of the visual media into one or moreelementary sections of the visual media which can be displayed by one ormore electronic visual display panels 1112.1.1 through 1112.k.m as to bedescribed in further detail below. After parsing the one or more logicalsections, the data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k canencapsulate or frame the one or more elementary sections of the visualmedia into one or more payloads of the groups of sectional visual mediadata packets 1152.1 through 1152.k and/or append one or moreidentifiers, for example, one or more addresses of one or more datadistribution units from among data distribution units 1108.1.1 through1108.k.m, within one or more headers of the groups of elementary visualmedia data packets 1152.1 through 1152.k. In some embodiments, the dataprocessing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can encapsulate or frame the oneor more elementary sections of the visual media into the one or morepayloads of the sectional visual media data packets 1154.1.1 through1154.k.1 and/or append the one or more identifiers within one or moreheaders of the sectional visual media data packets 1154.1.1 through1154.k.1. In these embodiments, the data processing units 1104.1 through1104.k can generate the sectional visual media data packets 1154.1.2through 1154.k.2 in a substantially similar manner as the sectionalvisual media data packets 1154.1.1 through 1154.k.1 and/or the dataprocessing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can copy of the sectional visualmedia data packets 1154.1.1 through 1154.k.1 to generate theircorresponding sectional visual media data packets 1154.1.2 through1154.k.2.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, the groups of datadistribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k can deliver electronic visualdisplay panel control signals 1156.1.1 through 1156.k.m to theircorresponding sections of electronic visual display panels 1110.1through 1110.k. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the groups of datadistribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k can include data distributionunits 1108.1.1 through 1108.k.m. Although each group of datadistribution units from among the groups of data distribution units1106.1 through 1106.k is illustrated as including a similar number ofdata distribution units in FIG. 11, this is for illustrative purposesonly. Those skilled in the relevant art(s) will recognize that eachgroup of data distribution units from among the groups of datadistribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k can include a different numberof data distribution units from each another without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. Each group of datadistribution units from among the groups of data distribution units1106.1 through 1106.k can operate in a substantially similar manner toone another; therefore, only the group of data distribution units 1106.1is to be described in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 11, the group of data distribution units 1106.1includes data distribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, the data distribution units1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m receive into the group of elementary visualmedia data packets 1152.1 from the data processing unit 1104.1. Asillustrated in FIG. 11, the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through1108.1.m can be daisy chained to one another, namely, wired to anotherin sequence and/or in a ring. In some embodiments, the data distributionunits 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m can receive the sectional visual mediadata packets 1154.1.1 over a first data pathway and the sectional visualmedia data packets 1154.1.2 over a second data pathway. Generally, eachof the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m can receive thesectional visual media data packets 1154.1.1 over the first data pathwayand the sectional visual media data packets 1154.1.2 over the first datapathway. However, in some situations, one or more errors, faults, and/orfailures within the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.mcan prevent one or more data distribution units from among the datadistribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m from receiving thesectional visual media data packets 1154.1.1 over the first datapathway. In these situations, these one or more data distribution unitscan receive the sectional visual media data packets 1154.1.2 over thesecond data pathway. In some embodiments, the data processing units1104.1 through 1104.k can append one or more identifiers, such as one ormore sequence numbers to provide an example, to the sectional visualmedia data packets 1154.1.1 and the sectional visual media data packets1154.1.2. In these embodiments, the data distribution units 1108.1.1through 1108.1.m can compare the one or more identifiers of eachreceived sectional visual media data packet 1154.1.1 and each receivedsectional visual media data packet 1154.1.2 with other identifiers ofpreviously received sectional visual media data packets to determinewhether each received sectional visual media data packet 1154.1.1 andeach received sectional visual media data packet 1154.1.2 is a newsectional visual media data packet or a copy of a previously receivedsectional visual media data packet. In these embodiments, the datadistribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m can disregard, or ignore,those sectional visual media data packets from among the group ofelementary visual media data packets 1152.1 which have been previouslyreceived.

After receiving the group of elementary visual media data packets1152.1, the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m canprocess the group of elementary visual media data packets 1152.1 togenerate the electronic visual display panel control signals 1156.1.1through 1156.1.m. As described above, the group of elementary visualmedia data packets 1152.1 can include one or more addresses of one ormore distribution units from among the data distribution units 1108.1.1through 1108.1.m. In some embodiments, the data distribution units1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m process those elementary visual media datapackets from among the group of elementary visual media data packets1152.1 which correspond to their addresses and/or can disregard, orignore, those elementary visual media data packets from among the groupof elementary visual media data packets 1152.1 which do not correspondto their addresses. In these embodiments, the distribution units1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m can temporarily store, or buffer, thoseelementary visual media data packets from among the group of elementaryvisual media data packets 1152.1 which correspond to their addresses.

As part of this processing, the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through1108.1.m can extract the one or more elementary sections of the visualmedia from the group of elementary visual media data packets 1152.1. Asillustrated in FIG. 11, the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through1108.1.m can thereafter convert the one or more elementary sections intothe visual display panel control signals 1156.1.1 through 1156.1.m thatcorrespond to the section of electronic visual display panels 1110.1. Inthese embodiments, the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.mcan convert the one or more elementary sections of the visual media intosuitable control signals, such as suitable voltages and/or suitablecurrents to provide some example, to cause the section of electronicvisual display panels 1110.1 to display one or more imagesrepresentative of the one or more elementary sections of the visualmedia from the group of elementary visual media data packets 1152.1.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11, the sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1110.1 through 1110.k can includevisual display panels 1112.1.1 through 1112.k.m. Although each sectionof electronic visual display panels from among the sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1110.1 through 1110.k illustrated asincluding a similar number of electronic visual display panels in FIG.11, this is for illustrative purposes only. Those skilled in therelevant art(s) will recognize that each section of electronic visualdisplay panels from among sections of electronic visual display panels1110.1 through 1110.k can include a different number of electronicvisual display panels from each another without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. Each section of electronicvisual display panels from among the sections of electronic visualdisplay panels 1110.1 through 1110.k can operate in a substantiallysimilar manner to one another; therefore, only the section of electronicvisual display panels 1110.1 is to be described in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 11, the section of electronic visual displaypanels 1110.1 includes the electronic visual display panels 1112.1.1through 1112.1.m. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 11,the electronic visual display panels 1112.1.1 through 1112.1.m canreceive the visual display panel control signals 1156.1.1 through1156.1.m from the data distribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m overone or more copper cables, such as one or more coaxial cables, one ormore ribbon cables, one or more shielded cables, and/or one or moretwinax cables. In some embodiments, the electronic visual display panels1112.1.1 through 1112.1.m can include electronic LED disc assembliesthat are connected to one or more carrier rail structures, such as thecarrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m as described above in FIG.5A through FIG. 5C. In these embodiments, electronic visual displaypanels 1112.1.1 through 1112.1.m can route the visual display panelcontrol signals 1156.1.1 through 1156.1.m to their carrier railstructures. In some embodiments, the electronic LED disc assemblieswithin the carrier rail structures can be daisy chained to one another,namely, wired to another in sequence and/or in a ring using one or morecommunication cables, such as the one or more communication cables 728as described above in FIG. 7. In these embodiments, the one or morecommunication cables can be connected to the one or more copper cablesto route the visual display panel control signals 1156.1.1 through1156.1.m to the electronic LED disc assemblies within their carrier railstructures. In some embodiments, one or more connectors of the one ormore copper cables and one or more connectors of the one or morecommunication cables of the carrier rail structures can be configuredand arranged to form the interlocking connectors as described above.These interlocking connectors can be connected to one another by pushingthe one or more connectors of the one or more communication cables ofthe carrier rail structures into their corresponding one or moreconnectors of the one or more copper cables.

In some embodiments, each section of electronic visual display panelsfrom among the sections of electronic visual display panels 1110.1through 1110.k can correspond to a sphere bay, or a portion thereof,from among the sphere boys of the exterior display system 100, such asone or more of the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e as described above inFIG. 3B, that transverses in the vertical direction. In theseembodiments, the data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can besituated along one or more sphere levels, such one or more of the spherelevels 304.1 through 304.d as described above in FIG. 3B in thehorizontal direction with the groups of data distribution units 1106.1through 1106.k being situated along these sphere bays in the verticaldirection to distribute the visual display panel control signals1156.1.1 through 1156.1.m to their corresponding sections of electronicvisual display panels 1110.1 through 1110.k. Alternatively, or inaddition to, each section of electronic visual display panels 1110.1through 1110.k can correspond to a sphere level from among the spherelevels of the exterior display system 100, such as one or more of thesphere levels 304.1 through 304.d as described above in FIG. 3B, thattransverses in the horizontal direction. In these embodiments, the dataprocessing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can be situated along one or moresphere bays, such one or more of the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e asdescribed above in FIG. 3B in the vertical direction with the groups ofdata distribution units 1106.1 through 1106.k being situated along thesesphere levels in the horizontal direction to distribute the visualdisplay panel control signals 1156.1.1 through 1156.1.m to theircorresponding sections of electronic visual display panels 1110.1through 1110.k.

FIG. 12 illustrates a block diagram of a hierarchal power and datadistribution system that can be implemented within the exemplaryexterior display system according to some embodiments of the disclosure.In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12, a hierarchal powerand data distribution system 1200 can distribute electric powerthroughout the exterior display system 100, for example, to multipleelectronic visual display panels of the exterior display system 100and/or electronic data relating to visual media, such as images,pictures, graphics, informational content, live images, moving images,videos, animations, advertisements, promotional content, movies,scenery, light displays and effects, among others to provide someexamples, to the multiple electronic visual display panels. As describedabove in FIG. 3A through FIG. 3C, the multiple electronic visual displaypanels can be indexed as a series of sphere levels and/or a series ofsphere bays. The sphere levels can traverse in horizontal directions forexample, parallel to different x-y planes of the Cartesian coordinatesystem traversing from the base of the exterior display system 100 tothe apex of the exterior display system 100. The sphere bays representdifferent vertical columns of the multiple electronic visual displaypanels. along a vertical direction, for example, along the z-axis of theCartesian coordinate system. As to be described in further detail below,the hierarchal power distribution system 1200 can distribute theelectric power and/or the electronic data in the horizontal directionalong these sphere levels and/or in the vertical direction along thesesphere bays onto the multiple electronic visual display panels. In theexemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12, the hierarchal powerdistribution system 1200 can include the one or more power supply units(PSUs) 1002.1 through 1002.k, the data processing units 1104.1 through1104.k, one or more groups of power and data distribution units 1202.1through 1202.k, and/or one or more sections of electronic visual displaypanels 1206.1 through 1206.k. The PSUs 1002.1 through 1002.k and thedata processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k have been described above inFIG. 10 and FIG. 11, respectively, and will not be described in furtherdetail below.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12, the groups of powerand data distribution units 1202.1 through 1202.k can deliver electronicvisual display panel power and control signals 1250.1.1 through 1250.k.mto their corresponding sections of electronic visual display panels1206.1 through 1206.k. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the groups of powerand data distribution units 1202.1 through 1202.k can include power anddata distribution units 1208.1.1 through 1208.k.m. Although each groupof power and data distribution units from among the groups of power anddata distribution units 1202.1 through 1202.k is illustrated asincluding a similar number of power and data distribution units in FIG.12, this is for illustrative purposes only. Those skilled in therelevant art(s) will recognize that each group of power and datadistribution units from among the groups of power and data distributionunits 1202.1 through 1202.k can include a different number of power anddata distribution units from each another without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. Each group of power and datadistribution units from among the groups of power and data distributionunits 1202.1 through 1202.k can operate in a substantially similarmanner to one another; therefore, only the group of power and datadistribution units 1202.1 is to be described in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, the group of power and data distributionunits 1202.1 includes power and data distribution units 1208.1.1 through1208.1.m. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12, the powerand data distribution units 1208.1.1 through 1208.1.m can receive intothe group of elementary visual media data packets 1152.1 from the dataprocessing unit 1104.1 in a substantially similar manner as the datadistribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m as described above in FIG.11. After receiving the group of elementary visual media data packets1152.1, the power and data distribution units 1208.1.1 through 1208.1.mcan process the group of elementary visual media data packets 1152.1 togenerate electronic visual display panel power and control signals1250.1.1 through 1250.1.m in a substantially similar manner as the datadistribution units 1108.1.1 through 1108.1.m as described above in FIG.11. Moreover, the power and data distribution units 1208.1.1 through1208.1.m convert the electric power 1052.1 into other electric powerthat are suitable for the section of electronic visual display panels1206.1 in a substantially similar manner as the power distribution units1006.1.1 through 1006.1.m as described above in FIG. 10. The power anddata distribution units 1208.1.1 through 1208.1.m can include theseother electric power within the electronic visual display panel powerand control signals 1250.1.1 through 1250.1.m.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12, the sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1206.1 through 1206.k can includevisual display panels 1208.1.1 through 1208.k.m. Although each sectionof electronic visual display panels from among the sections ofelectronic visual display panels 1206.1 through 1206.k illustrated asincluding a similar number of electronic visual display panels in FIG.12, this is for illustrative purposes only. Those skilled in therelevant art(s) will recognize that each section of electronic visualdisplay panels from among sections of electronic visual display panels1206.1 through 1206.k can include a different number of electronicvisual display panels from each another without departing from thespirit and scope of the present disclosure. Each section of electronicvisual display panels from among the sections of electronic visualdisplay panels 1206.1 through 1206.k can operate in a substantiallysimilar manner to one another; therefore, only the section of electronicvisual display panels 1206.1 is to be described in further detail below.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, the section of electronic visual displaypanels 1206.1 includes the electronic visual display panels 1208.1.1through 1208.1.m. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 12,the electronic visual display panels 1208.1.1 through 1208.1.m canreceive the visual display panel power and control signals 1250.1.1through 1250.1.m from the power and data distribution units 1208.1.1through 1208.1.m over one or more copper cables, such as one or morecoaxial cables, one or more ribbon cables, one or more shielded cables,and/or one or more twinax cables. In some embodiments, the electronicvisual display panels 1208.1.1 through 1208.1.m can include electronicLED disc assemblies that are connected to one or more carrier railstructures, such as the carrier rail structures 504.1 through 504.m asdescribed above in FIG. 5A through FIG. 5C. In these embodiments,electronic visual display panels 1208.1.1 through 1208.1.m can route thevisual display panel power and control signals 1250.1.1 through 1250.1.mto their carrier rail structures. In some embodiments, the electronicLED disc assemblies within the carrier rail structures can be daisychained to one another, namely, wired to another in sequence and/or in aring using one or more communication cables, such as the one or morecommunication cables 728 as described above in FIG. 7. In theseembodiments, the one or more communication cables can be connected tothe one or more copper cables to route the visual display panel powerand control signals 1250.1.1 through 1250.1.m to the electronic LED discassemblies within their carrier rail structures. In some embodiments,one or more connectors of the one or more copper cables and one or moreconnectors of the one or more communication cables of the carrier railstructures can be configured and arranged to form the interlockingconnectors as described above. These interlocking connectors can beconnected to one another by pushing the one or more connectors of theone or more communication cables of the carrier rail structures intotheir corresponding one or more connectors of the one or more coppercables.

In some embodiments, each section of electronic visual display panelsfrom among the sections of electronic visual display panels 1206.1through 1206.k can correspond to a sphere bay, or a portion thereof,from among the sphere boys of the exterior display system 100, such asone or more of the sphere bays 306.1 through 306.e as described above inFIG. 3B, that transverses in the vertical direction. In theseembodiments, the PSUs 1002.1 through 1002.k and/or the data processingunits 1104.1 through 1104.k can be situated along one or more spherelevels, such one or more of the sphere levels 304.1 through 304.d asdescribed above in FIG. 3B in the horizontal direction with the groupsof power data distribution units 1202.1 through 1202.k being situatedalong these sphere bays in the vertical direction to distribute theelectronic visual display panel power and control signals 1250.1.1through 1250.k.m to their corresponding sections of electronic visualdisplay panels 1206.1 through 1206.k. Alternatively, or in addition to,each section of electronic visual display panels 1206.1 through 1206.kcan correspond to a sphere level from among the sphere levels of theexterior display system 100, such as one or more of the sphere levels304.1 through 304.d as described above in FIG. 3B, that transverses inthe horizontal direction. In these embodiments, the PSUs 1002.1 through1002.k and/or the data processing units 1104.1 through 1104.k can besituated along one or more sphere bays, such one or more of the spherebays 306.1 through 306.e as described above in FIG. 3B in the verticaldirection with the groups of power data distribution units 1202.1through 1202.k being situated along these sphere levels in thehorizontal direction to distribute the electronic visual display panelpower and control signals 1250.1.1 through 1250.k.m to theircorresponding sections of electronic visual display panels 1206.1through 1206.k.

Exemplary Computer System that can be Utilized to Implement ElectronicDevices within the Exemplary Exterior Display System

FIG. 13 graphically illustrates a simplified block diagram of a computersystem suitable for use with embodiments described herein according tosome exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. The variouselectronic devices, for example, the data processing units 1104.1through 1104.k, the one or more groups of data distribution units 1106.1through 1106.k, and/or the one or more groups of power and datadistribution units 1202.1 through 1202.k, can be implemented inhardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The discussionof FIG. 13 to follow describes an exemplary computer system 1310 thatcan be used for these electronic devices.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 13, the computer system1310 typically includes at least one processor 1314 which communicateswith a number of peripheral devices via bus subsystem 1312. Typically,the at least processor 1314 can include, or can be, any of amicroprocessor, graphics processing unit, or digital signal processor,and their electronic processing equivalents, such as an ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit (“ASIC”) or Field Programmable Gate Array(“FPGA”). As used herein, the term “processor” signifies a tangible dataand information processing device that physically transforms data andinformation, typically using a sequence transformation (also referred toas “operations”). Data and information can be physically represented byan electrical, magnetic, optical or acoustical signal that is capable ofbeing stored, accessed, transferred, combined, compared, or otherwisemanipulated by the processor. The term “processor” can signify asingular processor and multi-core systems or multi-processor arrays,including graphic processing units, digital signal processors, digitalprocessors or combinations of these elements. The processor can beelectronic, for example, comprising digital logic circuitry (forexample, binary logic), or analog (for example, an operationalamplifier). The processor may also operate to support performance of therelevant operations in a “cloud computing” environment or as a “softwareas a service” (SaaS). For example, at least some of the operations maybe performed by a group of processors available at a distributed orremote system, these processors accessible via a communications network(e.g., the Internet) and via one or more software interfaces (e.g., anapplication program interface (API).)

The computer system typically includes an operating system, such asMicrosoft's Windows, Sun Microsystems's Solaris, Apple Computer's MacOs,Linux or UNIX. The computer system also typically can include a BasicInput/Output System (BIOS) and processor firmware. The operating system,BIOS and firmware are used by the processor to control subsystems andinterfaces coupled to the processor. Typical processors compatible withthese operating systems include the Pentium and Itanium from Intel, theOpteron and Athlon from Advanced Micro Devices, and the ARM processorfrom ARM Holdings.

As illustrated in FIG. 13, these peripheral devices may include astorage subsystem 1324, comprising a memory subsystem 1326 and a filestorage subsystem 1328, user interface input devices 1322, userinterface output devices 1320, and a network interface subsystem 1316.The input and output devices allow user interaction with computer system1310. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in FIG. 13, the networkinterface subsystem 1316 provides an interface to outside networks,including an interface to a communication network 1318, and is coupledvia a communication network 1318 to corresponding interface devices inother computer systems or machines. The communication network 1318 maycomprise many interconnected computer systems, machines andcommunication links. These communication links may be wired links,optical links, wireless links, or any other devices for communication ofinformation. The communication network 1318 can be any suitable computernetwork, for example a wide area network such as the Internet, and/or alocal area network such as Ethernet. The communication network 1318 canbe wired and/or wireless, and the communication network can useencryption and decryption methods, such as is available with a virtualprivate network. The communication network uses one or morecommunications interfaces, which can receive data from, and transmitdata to, other systems. Embodiments of communications interfacestypically include an Ethernet card, a modem (e.g., telephone, satellite,cable, or ISDN), (asynchronous) digital subscriber line (DSL) unit,Firewire interface, USB interface, and the like. One or morecommunications protocols can be used, such as HTTP, TCP/IP, RTP/RTSP,IPX and/or UDP.

The user interface input devices 1322 may include an alphanumerickeyboard, a keypad, pointing devices such as a mouse, trackball,touchpad, stylus, or graphics tablet, a scanner, a touchscreenincorporated into the display, audio input devices such as voicerecognition systems or microphones, eye-gaze recognition, brainwavepattern recognition, and other types of input devices. Such devices canbe connected by wire or wirelessly to a computer system. In general, useof the term “input device” is intended to include all possible types ofdevices and ways to input information into the computer system 1310 oronto the communication network 1318. The user interface input devices1322 typically allow a user to select objects, icons, text and the likethat appear on some types of user interface output devices, for example,a display subsystem.

The user interface output devices 1320 may include a display subsystem,a printer, a fax machine, or non-visual displays such as audio outputdevices. The display subsystem may include a cathode ray tube (CRT), aflat-panel device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projectiondevice, or some other device for creating a visible image such as avirtual reality system. The display subsystem may also providenon-visual display such as via audio output or tactile output (e.g.,vibrations) devices. In general, use of the term “output device” isintended to include all possible types of devices and ways to outputinformation from the computer system 1310 to the user or to anothermachine or computer system.

The memory subsystem 1326 typically includes a number of memoriesincluding a main random-access memory (“RAM”) 1330 (or other volatilestorage device) for storage of instructions and data during programexecution and a read only memory (“ROM”) 1332 in which fixedinstructions are stored. The file storage subsystem 1328 providespersistent storage for program and data files, and may include a harddisk drive, a floppy disk drive along with associated removable media, aCD-ROM drive, an optical drive, a flash memory, or removable mediacartridges. The databases and modules implementing the functionality ofcertain embodiments may be stored by file storage subsystem 1328.

The bus subsystem 1312 provides a device for letting the variouscomponents and subsystems of the computer system 1310 communicate witheach other as intended. Although the bus subsystem 1312 is shownschematically as a single bus, alternative embodiments of the bussubsystem may use multiple busses. For example, RAM-based main memorycan communicate directly with file storage systems using Direct MemoryAccess (“DMA”) systems.

CONCLUSION

The Detailed Description referred to accompanying figures to illustrateexemplary embodiments consistent with the disclosure. References in thedisclosure to “an exemplary embodiment” indicates that the exemplaryembodiment described can include a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic, but every exemplary embodiment may not necessarilyinclude the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover,such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same exemplaryembodiment. Further, any feature, structure, or characteristic describedin connection with an exemplary embodiment can be included,independently or in any combination, with features, structures, orcharacteristics of other exemplary embodiments whether or not explicitlydescribed.

The Detailed Description is not meant to limiting. Rather, the scope ofthe disclosure is defined only in accordance with the following claimsand their equivalents. It is to be appreciated that the DetailedDescription section, and not the Abstract section, is intended to beused to interpret the claims. The Abstract section can set forth one ormore, but not all exemplary embodiments, of the disclosure, and thus,are not intended to limit the disclosure and the following claims andtheir equivalents in any way.

The exemplary embodiments described within the disclosure have beenprovided for illustrative purposes and are not intended to be limiting.Other exemplary embodiments are possible, and modifications can be madeto the exemplary embodiments while remaining within the spirit and scopeof the disclosure. The disclosure has been described with the aid offunctional building blocks illustrating the implementation of specifiedfunctions and relationships thereof. The boundaries of these functionalbuilding blocks have been arbitrarily defined herein for the convenienceof the description. Alternate boundaries can be defined so long as thespecified functions and relationships thereof are appropriatelyperformed.

Embodiments of the disclosure can be implemented in hardware, firmware,software application, or any combination thereof. Embodiments of thedisclosure can also be implemented as instructions stored on amachine-readable medium, which can be read and executed by one or moreprocessors. A machine-readable medium can include any mechanism forstoring or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine(e.g., a computing circuitry). For example, a machine-readable mediumcan include non-transitory machine-readable mediums such as read onlymemory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magnetic disk storage media;optical storage media; flash memory devices; and others. As anotherexample, the machine-readable medium can include transitorymachine-readable medium such as electrical, optical, acoustical, orother forms of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infraredsignals, digital signals, etc.). Further, firmware, softwareapplication, routines, instructions can be described herein asperforming certain actions. However, it should be appreciated that suchdescriptions are merely for convenience and that such actions in factresult from computing devices, processors, controllers, or other devicesexecuting the firmware, software application, routines, instructions,etc.

The Detailed Description of the exemplary embodiments fully revealed thegeneral nature of the disclosure that others can, by applying knowledgeof those skilled in relevant art(s), readily modify and/or adapt forvarious applications such exemplary embodiments, without undueexperimentation, without departing from the spirit and scope of thedisclosure. Therefore, such adaptations and modifications are intendedto be within the meaning and plurality of equivalents of the exemplaryembodiments based upon the teaching and guidance presented herein. It isto be understood that the phraseology or terminology herein is for thepurpose of description and not of limitation, such that the terminologyor phraseology of the present specification is to be interpreted bythose skilled in relevant art(s) in light of the teachings herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A hierarchal power distribution system for anexterior display system, the hierarchal power distribution systemcomprising: a power supply unit configured to deliver a first electricpower; a plurality of power distribution units, coupled to the powersupply unit, configured to convert the first electric power into aplurality of second electric powers; a plurality of electronic visualdisplay panels, each of the plurality of electronic visual displaypanels being coupled to a corresponding power distribution unit fromamong the plurality of power distribution units and being configured toreceive a corresponding second electric power from among the pluralityof second electric power from the corresponding power distribution unit.2. The hierarchal power distribution system of claim 1, wherein thepower supply unit is configured to convert a third electric power thatis delivered to the power supply unit to generate the first electricpower.
 3. The hierarchal power distribution system of claim 1, whereinthe plurality of power distribution units are further configured to:convert the first electric power from a higher voltage to provide theplurality of second electric power at lower voltages.
 4. The hierarchalpower distribution system of claim 1, wherein each electronic visualdisplay panel from among the plurality of electronic visual displaypanels comprises: a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) configuredto present visual media, the plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)being configured as a series of rows of LEDs and a series of columns ofLEDs to form an array of LEDs, and wherein each electronic visualdisplay panel from among the plurality of electronic visual displaypanels are further configured to route the corresponding second electricpower to a corresponding row of LEDs from among the series of rows ofLEDs.
 5. The hierarchal power distribution system of claim 4, whereinthe plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is configured and arrangedas a plurality of groups of LEDs to form a plurality of electronic LEDdisc assemblies, and wherein the plurality of electronic LED discassemblies within each row of LEDs from among the series of rows of LEDsare daisy chained to one another.
 6. The hierarchal power distributionsystem of claim 1, wherein the exterior display system comprises aplurality of sphere levels traversing in a horizontal direction and aplurality of sphere bays traversing in a vertical direction, wherein thepower supply unit is situated along a sphere level from among theplurality of sphere levels, wherein the plurality of power distributionunits is situated along a sphere bay from among a plurality of spherelevels of the exterior display system, and wherein the sphere bayincludes the plurality of electronic visual display panels.
 7. Ahierarchal data distribution system for an exterior display system, thehierarchal data distribution system comprising: a data processing unitconfigured to: receive a visual media data packet relating to visualmedia, process the visual media data packet to provide a firstelementary visual media data packet and a second elementary visual mediadata packet, the first elementary visual media data packet being similarto the second elementary visual media data packet, and deliver the firstelementary visual media data packet to a first data pathway and thesecond elementary visual media data packet to a second data pathway; aplurality of data distribution units, coupled to the data processingunit, configured to process at least one of the first elementary visualmedia data packet or the second elementary visual media data to providea plurality of electronic visual display panel control signals, a firstdata distribution unit from among the plurality of data distributionunits being configured to receive the first elementary visual media datapacket over the first data pathway and a second data distribution unitfrom among the plurality of data distribution units being configured toreceive the second elementary visual media data packet over the seconddata pathway; a plurality of electronic visual display panels, each ofthe plurality of electronic visual display panels being coupled to acorresponding data distribution unit from among the plurality of datadistribution units and being configured to: receive a correspondingelectronic visual display panel control signal from among the pluralityof electronic visual display panel control signals from thecorresponding data distribution unit, and operate in accordance with thecorresponding electronic visual display panel control signal to presentthe visual media.
 8. The hierarchal data distribution system of claim 7,wherein the data processing unit is configured to receive the visualmedia data packet over one or more fiber-optic cables and to deliver thefirst elementary visual media data packet the second elementary visualmedia data packet over one or more copper cables.
 9. The hierarchal datadistribution system of claim 7, wherein the visual media data packetcomprises: a payload having a logical section of the visual media thatcan be displayed by the plurality of electronic visual display panels.10. The hierarchal data distribution system of claim 9, wherein the dataprocessing unit is configured to: parse the logical section of thevisual media into a plurality of elementary sections of the visualmedia, each elementary section of the visual media being presented by acorresponding electronic visual display panel from among the pluralityof electronic visual display panels, and encapsulate each elementarysection of the visual media into a payload of the first elementaryvisual media data packet and a payload of the second elementary visualmedia data.
 11. The hierarchal data distribution system of claim 10,wherein the plurality of data distribution units are configured toconvert the at least one of the first elementary visual media datapacket or the second elementary visual media data into a plurality ofcontrol signals which cause the plurality of electronic visual displaypanels to present the plurality of elementary sections of the visualmedia.
 12. The hierarchal data distribution system of claim 7, whereinthe exterior display system comprises a plurality of sphere levelstraversing in a horizontal direction and a plurality of sphere baystraversing in a vertical direction, wherein the data processing unit issituated along a sphere level from among the plurality of sphere levels,wherein the plurality of data distribution units is situated along asphere bay from among a plurality of sphere levels of the exteriordisplay system, and wherein the sphere bay includes the plurality ofelectronic visual display panels.
 13. A hierarchal power and datadistribution system for an exterior display system, the hierarchal powerand data distribution system comprising: a power supply unit configuredto deliver a first electric power; a data processing unit configured to:receive a visual media data packet relating to visual media, and processthe visual media data packet to provide a first elementary visual mediadata packet and a second elementary visual media data packet, the firstelementary visual media data packet being similar to the secondelementary visual media data packet; a plurality of power and datadistribution units configured to: convert the first electric power intoa plurality of second electric powers, and process at least one of thefirst elementary visual media data packet or the second elementaryvisual media data to provide a plurality of electronic visual displaypanel control signals, a first power and data distribution unit fromamong the plurality of power and data distribution units beingconfigured to receive the first elementary visual media data packet overthe first data pathway and a second power and data distribution unitfrom among the plurality of power and data distribution units beingconfigured to receive the second elementary visual media data packetover the second data pathway; and a plurality of electronic visualdisplay panels, each of the plurality of electronic visual displaypanels being coupled to a corresponding power and data distribution unitfrom among the plurality of power and data distribution units and beingconfigured to: receive a corresponding second electric power from amongthe plurality of second electric power from the corresponding power anddata distribution unit and a corresponding electronic visual displaypanel control signal from among the plurality of electronic visualdisplay panel control signal from the corresponding data distributionunit, and operate in accordance with the corresponding electronic visualdisplay panel control signal to present the visual media.
 14. Thehierarchal power and data distribution system of claim 13, wherein thepower supply unit is configured to convert a third electric power thatis delivered to the power supply unit to generate the first electricpower.
 15. The hierarchal power and data distribution system of claim13, wherein the plurality of power and data distribution units arefurther configured to: convert the first electric power from a highervoltage to provide the plurality of second electric power at lowervoltages.
 16. The hierarchal data distribution system of claim 15,wherein the visual media data packet comprises: a payload having alogical section of the visual media that can be displayed by theplurality of electronic visual display panels.
 17. The hierarchal datadistribution system of claim 16, wherein the data processing unit isconfigured to: parse the logical section of the visual media into aplurality of elementary sections of the visual media, each elementarysection of the visual media from among the plurality of elementarysections of the visual media being presented by a correspondingelectronic visual display panel from among the plurality of electronicvisual display panels, and encapsulate each elementary section of thevisual media from among the plurality of elementary sections of thevisual media into a payload of the first elementary visual media datapacket and a payload of the second elementary visual media data.
 18. Thehierarchal data distribution system of claim 13, wherein the pluralityof power and data distribution units are configured to convert the atleast one of the first elementary visual media data packet or the secondelementary visual media data into a plurality of control signals thatcause the plurality of electronic visual display panels to present theplurality of elementary sections of the visual media.
 19. The hierarchalpower and data distribution system of claim 13, wherein each electronicvisual display panel from among the plurality of electronic visualdisplay panels comprises: a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)configured to present visual media, the plurality of light-emittingdiodes (LEDs) being configured as a series of rows of LEDs and a seriesof columns of LEDs to form an array of LEDs, and wherein each electronicvisual display panel from among the plurality of electronic visualdisplay panels are further configured to route the corresponding secondelectric power to a corresponding row of LEDs from among the series ofrows of LEDs.
 20. The hierarchal data distribution system of claim 13,wherein the exterior display system comprises a plurality of spherelevels traversing in a horizontal direction and a plurality of spherebays traversing in a vertical direction, wherein the data processingunit is situated along a sphere level from among the plurality of spherelevels, wherein the plurality of power and data distribution units issituated along a sphere bay from among a plurality of sphere levels ofthe exterior display system, and wherein the sphere bay includes theplurality of electronic visual display panels.